Nickel & Nickel Quarry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
-
Wong
Wilfred
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Layered aromas of potpourri and perfume awaken the senses on this 2019 vintage of Quarry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine possesses an alluring texture, with an entry that is almost sweet with flavors of vanilla, spice, and toffee that cascade across the tongue. Supported by an herbal spiciness and notes of wet stone, this wine possesses a finish that is both savory and melting.
Professional Ratings
-
Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Nickel & Nickel Quarry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is the winery's star of the vintage. TASTING NOTES: This wine explodes with aromas and flavors of black fruits, hints of violets, exotic notes of blueberries, and hints of oak. Enjoy it with a grilled, well-marbled ribeye topped with diced shallots. (Tasted: December 12, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
Other Vintages
2018-
Wong
Wilfred -
Spectator
Wine
-
Wong
Wilfred
-
Wong
Wilfred
-
Wong
Wilfred
-
Wong
Wilfred
-
Wong
Wilfred
-
Parker
Robert -
Enthusiast
Wine
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
The Rutherford sub-region of Napa Valley centers on the town of Rutherford and covers some of Napa Valley’s finest vineyard real estate, spanning from the Mayacamas in the west, to the Vaca Mountains on the other side of the valley.
Inside of the Rutherford AVA, bordering the Mayacamas, is a stretch of uplands called the Rutherford Bench. (These bench lands technically run the length of Oakville as well). Mountain runoff creates deep, well-drained, alluvial soils on the bench, giving vine roots plenty of reason to permeate deep into the ground. The result is wine with great structure and complexity.
Rutherford Cabernet Sauvingons and Bordeaux Blends garner substantial attention for their enticing fragrances of dusty earth and dried herbs, broad and juicy mid-palates and lush and fine-grained tannins. The sub-appellation claims some of the valley’s most prized vineyards today, namely Caymus, Rubicon and Beckstoffer Georges III.
It is also home to Napa’s most influential and historic personalities. Thomas Rutherford, responsible for the appellation's name, made serious investments here in grape growing and wine production between the years of 1850 to 1880. Gustave Niebaum purchased a large swath of land and completed his winery in 1887, calling it “Inglenook.” Today this remains the oldest bonded winery in California. Georges Latour founded Beaulieu Vineyard in 1900, making it the oldest continuous winery in the state. Latour also hired the famous enologist, André Tchelistcheff, a man credited for single-handedly defining the modern Napa winemaking style.