2001 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
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The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a gorgeous wine of its era, when winemaking was under the direction of Bob Foley. Black cherry, chocolate, licorice, tobacco, cedar, torrefaction and toasted oak literally explode from this powerhouse Cabernet. All things considered, the 2001 has aged very well. Personally, I would have preferred to drink this a few years ago, when there was certainly more fruit, but its hard to fault the 2001 too much. It is a very representative wine of 20 years ago in Napa Valley.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Full bright ruby to the rim. No-holds-barred nose of crushed blackberry, licorice, tropical dark chocolate and espresso. Wonderfully dense, thick and sweet; an utterly mouthfilling, generous wine with a plush 3-D texture and no edges in spite of its mineral lift. This classic large-scaled, briary mountain wine boasts terrific fruit retention. Finishes very long and powerful, with huge but integrated tannins and palate-staining black fruits. Not the last word in nuance but this unflagging, utterly captivating, slightly high-toned wine delivers almost liqueur-like mountain berry sweetness. It's at its peak right now, but with its firm underlying spine of acids and tannins it should go on for a while. (ST)
Saturated medium ruby. High-pitched nose dominated by black cherry and minerals. Then almost shockingly sweet and creamy in the mouth, like an essence of dark mountain berries and bright minerality. Remarkably pure for a wine at this level of density. Finishes with major but sweet tannins that should carry the wine for 15 or 20 years.