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Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvee 2016 - First Bottle

Reviews

100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - Read

One-hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged 20 months in 75% new French oak, the 2016 J Daniel Cuvee is deep garnet-purple in color and offers up exuberant notes of crème de cassis, chocolate-covered cherries, wild blueberries, violets and unsmoked cigars with touches of garrigue, fragrant earth, powdered cinnamon, black olives and tree bark. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is built like a brick house, with a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness supporting the taut, muscular fruit, finishing long and minerally. 950 cases produced.

98 Jeb Dunnuck - Read

The flagship 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvee takes things up to whole other level and is a thrill a minute. Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Mole Hill, Vine Hill Ranch, and Heimark vineyards that spent 20 months in 75% new oak, it sports a deep purple color as well as a spectacular bouquet of crème de cassis, black raspberries, graphite, and spicy oak. Possessing incredible purity, full-bodied richness, building structure, and a big finish, it’s a quintessential, age-worthy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that I suspect will require more than a decade to hit prime time and will keep for 3+ decades. Bravo!

97 Vinous - Read

Lail's 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon John Daniel Cuvée is absolutely fabulous. Dark, powerful and brooding, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon John Daniel Cuvée offers superb intensity and richness in all of its dimensions. Black cherry, plum, graphite, smoke, licorice and dark spice add to an impression of gravitas and pure, brooding power. Game, smoke, tobacco, grilled herbs, gravel and scorched earth undertones add the closing shades of nuance. Vineyard sources are Heimark, Vine Hill Ranch and Mole Hill.

Technical Details

BlendCabernet Sauvignon
WinemakerPhilipe Melka
CountryUS
RegionCalifornia North Coast
AppellationNapa
Alcohol15.3%

Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvee 2016

Cabernet Blends | US

WA100, JD98+, VN97

$275.00 | 750mL

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Philippe Melka has made an EPIC Cabernet for Robin Lail in 2016. I mean, EPIC. I will put it up with practically ANYTHING in this superb Napa Valley vintage. A MUST for serious collectors! I've tasted it a couple times now, yesterday at a tasting with literally hundreds of other top tier Cab, and it was a clear stand out. The best J. Daniel we have ever tasted! And...a pretty nice price compared to some of the other elite producers of Napa...!

There is so much to say about the wonderful, fascinating and generous Robin Lail, her history in the Valley, and her winemaker Philippe Melka that we would need a REALLY long email to pack it all in. Here’s a link to Wine Cellar Insider, which summarizes it well enough. I suspect most of you reading this are pretty well-informed from our many years of selling these incredible wines anyway, but just in case. Robin as a person is just a force of nature, and we are so proud to offer this today.

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About the Producer

Robin Daniel Lail’s heritage began in 1879 with the founding of Inglenook Vineyards by her great-granduncle, the iconic Captain Gustave Niebaum. Robin is a legend, helping found Dominus and Merryvale, she is one of the most influential women in Napa Valley history and remains that way to this day. She saw the talent in a young Philippe Melka and hired him as winemaker, it was one of his very first gigs in Napa and has remained at the helm of winemaking ever since.