2011 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville

2011 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville 

The grapes were hand-harvested into small bins and carefully sorted in our gravity-flow cellar. The clusters were gently destemmed directly into traditional French oak tanks for cold soak, fermentation and extended maceration – a total of 38 days of wine to skin contact – maximizing the extraction of varietal character and complexity while keeping the tannins fleshy and supple. The new wine was drained and gently pressed into 92% new French-oak barrels for malolactic fermentation, assuring seamless integration of fruit and oak. The final blend was assembled through repeated tasting trials over the 20 months of barrel aging. The wine was bottled in September of 2013.   80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot, & 2% Malbec  100% Oakville District, Napa Valley, 93% To Kalon

 

A Napa Valley Legend with a Pedigree:

2010 

91 Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar 

94+ Wine Advocate

2009 94pts (IWC)

2008 
94pts Wine Advocate
91pts  Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar 
2007 
91pts Wine Advocate
91pts  Stephen Tanzer International Wine Cellar

2006:
93pts Wine & Spirits magazine
91pts Robert Parker Wine Advocate

2005 :  
91pts Stephen Tanzer IWC

2004:
93 points - Wine Spectator "...maintains a sense of elegance and grace."
92 points - Stephen Tanzer "...dense and rich, with enticing flavors"
2003:
93 points - Robert Parker "...beautiful purity, texture, and depth"
90 points - Wine Enthusiast "a voluptuous style of Cab"
2002:
91 points - Robert Parker "Powerful, chocolatey, and heady..."
91 points - Wine Enthusiast "...the tannins are rich and creamy."
2001:
93 points - Wine Enthusiast "Quite dramatic..."

"If Cabernet Put Napa Valley on the Map...Then Oakville is Cab Central. Just a short list: Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Silver Oak, Dalla Valle, Far Niente, Groth, and Harlan, as well as the vineyards called Martha’s Vineyard, To-Kalon, and Backus. What it all adds up to are wines that exhibit dark fruit such as plums, black cherry and blackberry; as well as some of the greatest names in the annals of the wine world’s modern history." Alan Goldfarb