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Cabernet Sauvignon Cariad 2007 75cl

Napa Valley | California | United States of America
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Critics scores
100 Robert Parker
There are 550-cases of the perfect 2007 Cariad (original rating was 99), a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and the rest equal parts Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. One of northern California’s watershed vintages for Bordeaux varietals, according to Allison Tauziet, this wine revealed great potential from the day the first grapes were crushed. It possesses a dense purple color, massive fruit, soft but high tannin, and a structural profile somewhat similar to the 2002. There appears to be more underlying minerality in the 2007, but the sweetness of the tannin, the enormous concentration of fruit (blackberry, blueberry, cherry) intermixed with graphite, chocolate, coffee and crushed rock characteristics is striking. This is a compelling, even prodigious wine that hits all the palate’s sweet spots, possesses phenomenal upside potential, and is a modern day legend in the making. Approachable now because of its flawlessness and seamless characteristics, it should drink well for three decades or more
95 Wine Spectator
Dense, chewy and extracted, rich and layered, with tightly wound blackberry, melted black licorice, new leather, shoe polish and herbal notes that are expansive and gain traction on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2012 through 2020. 550 cases made.
Producer
Colgin Cellars
One of the several cult wine estates to emerge in the early 1990s, Colgin Cellars was founded by Ann Colgin and then husband, Fred Schrader in 1992 (he eventually founded another cult domain eponymously called, Schrader). She had then purchased fruit from the Herb Lamb vineyard, hired Helen Turley as winemaker, and they produced the wine at a vintner's co-op in Napa (the 1992-1997 vintages). The vineyard owners eventually took back the fruit from the vineyard so they could make their own wine. With needing a new fruit source, in 1997, she purchased the Tychson estate, remodeling the house and replanting the vineyard to wine grapes for the first time since Prohibition. In 1998, Ann further expanded the property by purchasing the IX estate which is where the current winemaking facilities are. Today, Colgin Cellar produces four wines: IX Estate Napa Valley Red Wine and IX Estate Napa Valley Syrah; Cariad, a Bordeaux blend from select vineyards owned and managed by David Abreu; and Tychson Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.