Clos du Val Wine Co.
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Drinking well, but don’t wait
Drinking well, but don’t wait
Jun 3rd, 2018
Clear and brilliant , medium ruby garnet with a light garnet ruby rim . This is showing quite a lot of tobacco and , sous bois , some dusty cassis , sweet red cherry , red plum , coffee and beef jus . After a while a touch of old wood and grafite . Quite intense and certainly alive . On the palate this is elegant and with more dusty, coffee tinged sweet red fruit , red plum , cherry. Dusty cassis. Good density and really elegant acidity and fine , resolved tannins . Good length with some coffee and cocoa on the finish . Mature obviously but showed well and opened up over an hour or so in decanter . Drink now and over the next 5-10 years perhaps , though won’t improve .
Clear and brilliant , medium ruby garnet with a light garnet ruby rim . This is showing quite a lot of tobacco and , sous bois , some dusty cassis , sweet red cherry , red plum , coffee and beef jus . After a while a touch of old wood and grafite . Quite intense and certainly alive . On the palate this is elegant and with more dusty, coffee tinged sweet red fruit , red plum , cherry. Dusty cassis. Good density and really elegant acidity and fine , resolved tannins . Good length with some coffee and cocoa on the finish . Mature obviously but showed well and opened up over an hour or so in decanter . Drink now and over the next 5-10 years perhaps , though won’t improve .
Mar 5th, 2025
1975 vintage. Decanted with oodles of sed. Ambitious, older Graves nose. Medium (still) bodied. Frontal and mid palates satisfied but finish/end palate hit a wall and flatlined. Still, fairly nice showing with a decent amount of fruit kicking about. 9.21.23.
1975 vintage. Decanted with oodles of sed. Ambitious, older Graves nose. Medium (still) bodied. Frontal and mid palates satisfied but finish/end palate hit a wall and flatlined. Still, fairly nice showing with a decent amount of fruit kicking about. 9.21.23.
Sep 22nd, 2023
Classic Napa cab from the mid 70s. Surprisingly fresh despite its age. Doubtful any current Napa cabs would last 45+ years (or clock in at 12.5% abv)
Classic Napa cab from the mid 70s. Surprisingly fresh despite its age. Doubtful any current Napa cabs would last 45+ years (or clock in at 12.5% abv)
Jul 12th, 2021
Good, but not fantastic on this day. Too bad because I'm such a fan of the older Clos Du Val's...
Good, but not fantastic on this day. Too bad because I'm such a fan of the older Clos Du Val's...
Mar 6th, 2013