Napanook Red Wine 2012

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SKU 29926

750ml

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Made solely from grapes grown at the historic Napanook Vineyard in Yountville, Napanook is blended from blocks in the vineyard that were carefully selected for their lively fruit, soft tannins and early maturing characteristics. The 2012 Napanook is a clear expression of an exceptional vintage. Pure aromas of fresh strawberry, caramel and minty sage fill the nose. Vigorous and rich with firm, yet integrated tannins, the wine offers earthy complexity, dark cocoa and roasted almonds on a long lingering finish. Napanook 2012 is a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. This wine is created to be consumed young and enjoyed with food, but will also age well for more than a decade. Christian Moueix recommends decanting young wines before serving to allow them to reach their full potential. Celebrating its 17th vintage, Napanook dons a new label in 2012. The bold black and white design reflects the wine's maturity, definition and class.
Category Red Wine
Varietals
Country California
Region Napa Valley
Appellation Yountville
Brand Napanook
Alcohol/vol 14.5%
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Wine AdvocateThe second wine, the 2012 Napanook Proprietary Red Wine has a similar profile, but certainly comes across as less nuanced and slightly less concentrated and profound compared to its bigger sister. It is a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. It does reflect the fact that the selection process has gotten so severe that the second wine at Dominus is really special in top vintages such as 2012 or 2013. The wine has low acidity, beautiful ripe black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, a hint of unsmoked cigar tobacco and a touch of roasted herbs in the finish. This is a beauty to drink over the next 15-20 years.

Robert Parker, October 2015
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Wine EnthusiastA blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, this soft, approachable wine from a storied producer is meant to enjoy young and yet exudes plenty of complexity. Luscious aromas of graham cracker and blueberry jam belie a classically balanced measure of integrated tannins and dark chocolate. Drink now through 2020.

Virginie Boone, December 1, 2015
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Wine SpectatorA solid, steady effort that keeps the focus on modest dark berry, cedary oak, spice and loamy earth flavors, gaining on the finish, where anise and black licorice notes emerge. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2022. 3,600 cases made.

James Laube, November 15, 2015

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Clos du Val Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
This wine delivers everything we are looking for from a great vintage. The color is an inky purple hue and the wine has aromas of black fruits, baking spices, dark chocolate and leather. The palate is rich and complex, full of flavors of berry pie, mocha, cedar, black pepper and vanilla toast. The texture is creamy, round and full with well structured tannins that are approachable now or will cellar well for decades.
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Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Our 2012 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon artfully combines the classic elegance of the old world and the ripe fruit of California. It displays an opaque garnet color with a bouquet driven by fruity aromas of blackberry liqueur. It also offers the savory components of sage and molasses. These complex aromatics are complemented by sandalwood and nutmeg characteristics indicative of American oak aging. This is a well-structured wine with a compact and rich mid-palate buttressed by silky tannins and generous acidity. Given proper cellaring, this wine will provide drinking pleasure through 2037. Excellemt for gifts, important client meetings, special dinners, to add to your wine cellar. The 2012 vintage was broadly described as outstanding, exceptional, ideal and a gift from Mother Nature. This is the first of three consecutive heralded vintages. The dry winter was the beginning of the extended drought period in California, but well-timed rainfall in February and March, as well as two inches in mid-April, filled the soil profile before the coming season. Budbreak was even and bloom progressed quickly, leading to clusters with both high quality and high quantity potential. The summer weather was wonderfully cooperative, with only a single day’s high above 100 degrees from May through the end of September before a short heat event on October 1st and 2nd. We began harvest on September 11th and concluded on October 19th, after which an inch of much-needed rain fell on October 23rd.
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40-45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Montepulciano, and the balance Sangiovese, Marselan and Alicante Bouschet. From Montepeloso's vineyards in the Suvereto, Maremma, Tuscany. 50-100m in elevation. Lime-rich petrified clay and silex soil. Hand-harvested. Average yields are less than 40HL per hectare. Grapes are 100% destemmed. Unfiltered. Aging four months in second passage barriques.
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L'Ecole No 41 Columbia Valley Chenin Blanc 2013
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Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2013
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Orin Swift Locations E2
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Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli 2010
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Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2010
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Aurelio Settimo Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata 2010
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Fattoria di Felsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Rancia Riserva 2010
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$259.00$189.99
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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Net pricing
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Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
2012 was simply a classic Washington vintage. The weather was perfect from bud break to harvest and was a welcome change from the abnormal seasons of '09, '10, and '11. The 2012 Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon is my favorite effort to date. I feel the wine is even more complete than my previous favorite, the 2008. The wine has intensely dark color. The nose displays an interesting combination of black and blue fruit sauté, crème cassis, and mixed floral notes paired with crushed fir needles, market spice tea, and cedar shavings. From the first sip the wine is smooth, broad in its palate impression, rich and sweet. There is an almost unexplainable deliciousness factor that I find irresistible. The tannins are impeccably integrated, long, and soft with just enough heft to give the wine a solid backbone and fantastic aging potential. This wine is approachable enough to enjoy immediately, but will reward 5-20 years of aging for the patient.
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$125.00 $106.25
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Fonseca Vintage Port 1994
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$234.50 $199.32
Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello 2012
Saturated ruby. Ripe cassis, blackberry, violets, licorice, wet stone, oak spice. Strong blackberry fruit on entry. Superb full body, structured, velvety tannins, toasty oak, crushed-limestone minerals. Long, intense finish.
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$199.00 $169.15
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$145.00 $123.25
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$44.99 $38.24
Freemark Abbey Bosché Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
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