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97 Jeb Dunnuck -
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A different beast, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) is more backward and reticent, and while it needs 4-5 years of bottle age, is packed with potential. Both black and blue fruits, earth, tobacco, and freshly crushed rock notes all flow to a full-bodied 2016 that has plenty of fine tannins, remarkable purity of fruit, and beautiful intensity and length. Do your best to give this some bottle age, and you'll be rewarded with a phenomenal Napa Valley Cabernet that will keep for 2-3 decades.
95+ Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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One-hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged 22 months in 100% French oak, the very deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon gives quite a meaty nose of chargrilled meats, charcuterie and beef drippings over a core of cassis, preserved plums and black cherries plus touches of cedar, unsmoked cigars and underbrush. Full, rich and seductive in the mouth, it has a soft, super ripe and finely grained texture with layer upon layer of black fruits, finishing long with a spicy kick. 500 cases produced.
96 James Suckling -
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This is really structured with a compressed and exciting palate of intense fruit and compact tannins. Full-bodied yet reserved and holding back. Fantastic length. Give this three to four years of bottle age. Wait until 2022.
Technical Details
- Blend100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- WinemakerHelen Keplinger
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationOakville
- VineyardBeckstoffer Missouri Hopper
- Alcohol14.9%
Carte Blanche Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Cabernet Blends | US
JD97, JS96, WA95+
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JD97, JS96, WA95+ CARTE BLANCHE! Free Shipping on all orders of Carte Blanche today! Everyone needs at least one bottle of this world-class Cab! PEDIGREE. That's the word of the day. Beckstoffer fruit, Haut Brion lineage and Keplinger made! If you love dead-serious Napa Cabernet, at a fraction of the price of most others with credentials like this, you should literally drop what you are doing and get at least a bottle. Many of you will recall the 100-point 2015 that we offered last year and if you were lucky enough to grab some before it sold out, you'll know how stunning this wine is.
Carte Blanche is owned by Nicholas Allen, owner of Chateau Haut-Brion and Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion in Bordeaux. Nicholas was dead set on creating a wine from Napa and he sought out the very best, hiring Helen Keplinger (Grace Family, Bryant, Kenzo) and sourcing upper-echelon fruit with Andy Beckstoffer's Missouri Hopper vineyard. Helen’s precision winemaking is on full display in this intensely complex, tightly wound, layered Cabernet. Large-scaled for sure, but with a wonderful sense of harmony and a real skyscraper in terms of verticality. We can’t stress it enough --- this is about as good as it gets for our taste.
In the now legendary 2016 vintage, the decision was made to work soley with Andy Beckstoffer's Missouri Hopper Vineyard, and the results are staggering. This site on the southern boundry of Oakville is ideally situated with neighbors like Vine Hill Ranch and Christian Moueix's (of Dominus) Ulysses property. This is much more tightly wound and vertical than the 2015 and will likely evolve slower but in time surpass the 2015 in quality. We actually prefer the 2016, even at this young and compact stage.
About the Producer
Carte Blanche is Nicholas Allen’s (owner of Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut Brion!) Napa project, utilizing the very best vineyard sites and an elite winemaker, (and one of our all-time favorite people) Helen Keplinger. Nicholas’ family has been in the wine business for nearly a century, since his great grandfather, Clarence Dillon, acquired Chateau Haut-Brion in 1935, and from an early age he gained an exposure and appreciation in wine. Eventually, he was inspired to produce his own boutique label in Napa Valley and he sought out the very best terroir and locked in long-term contracts where he could control the farming.