Patria A. Price Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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Jeb
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A. Price is a quintessential St. Helena vineyard, producing intense black and blue fruit notes coupled with grace and polish. As the vineyard is small and shy-yielding, quantities will always be tiny.
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Vinous
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Allen Price Vineyard is a super-classic St. Helena wine. Sweet floral and spice notes meld into a core of vibrant red-toned fruit. This mid-weight Cabernet possesses gorgeous inner perfume and fabulous balance. The 2021 is shaping up to be a jewel. I loved it.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon A. Price Vineyard is a clear step up over the The Monarch (which is no slouch) and has a gorgeously polished, elegant profile carrying pure cassis, black cherries, graphite, loamy earth, and baking spice-like aromas and flavors. Lush, medium to full-bodied, seamless, and layered, it's a totally charming, layered, balanced wine that's already hard to resist. It's going to evolve for 15+ years.
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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.
Home to some of the most sought-after Cabernet Sauvignon in America, Napa Valley’s Oakville district stretches across the center of Napa's valley floor and foothills between the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains. This AVA is home to the legendary To Kalon Vineyard and Martha's Vineyard, as well as many powerhouse wineries including Screaming Eagle, Silver Oak, Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Far Niente and Groth.
The climate is generally warm and agreeable, resulting in year after year of favorable vintages. Summer days see a gentle tug of war between warmer inland air and the cool air coming in from the San Pablo Bay, creating an ideal environment to grow red varieties. Oakville's diverse soils, namely ancient sea bedrock, clay and gravel, are well-drained, and perfect for high-caliber viticulture.
Cabernet here is often bottled varietally but is also popular in Bordeaux Blends. Oakville wines are known for their silky, sensual textures, structured tannins, dark and brooding fruit and lovely aromatics. These age-worthy and prestigious wines are favored by collectors throughout the world.