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Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2018
Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2018

Reviews

100 - Jeb Dunnuck -

Technical Details

  • Winemaker Celia Welch
  • Country US
  • Region California
  • Sub Region North Coast
  • Appellation Rutherford
  • Farming Method Sustainable Practices
  • Oak French oak (80% new oak).
  • Aging / Cooperage 22 Months
  • Alcohol 14.9%
  • Production 1800

Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley 2018

Cabernet Sauvignon | California

JD100, WA98, VN97

Sustainable Practices

$1,200.00

$655.00

750ML

45% OFF RETAIL!

The vineyard sits on the iconic west-side of Rutherford, and was once a part of the historic Niebaum estate where Inglenook was founded. It was the legendary Napa visionary John Daniels, Jr. that originally convinced J.J. Cohn to plant vines on his property, and over the years the fruit has made the wines of Inglenook, Opus One, Duckhorn, and Joseph Phelps’ Insignia better than they otherwise would have been. Oue collection begins in the 99 POINT 2008 vintage, and continues through the nigh-on perfect 100 POINT 2014 bottling that both Jeb Dunnuck and Robert Parker noted as one of their wines of the vintage. Any single one of these bottlings is a worthy, and seriously cult-y, selection – but move with all haste – these are as limited as you might imagine, with competitive pricing that is sure to surprise and delight even the most jaded collector! As ever, only a completed purchase secures the inventory, so no cart hoarding!

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About The Producer

The Scarecrow story begins in a patch of earth with a fabled past. The J.J. Cohn Estate, where Scarecrow grapes are born, borders what was once the legendary vineyard of Inglenook winemaker Gustave Niebaum, whose plantings blanketed more than 1,000 acres of the Napa Valley at the close of the 19th century. John Daniel Jr. took the helm at Inglenook in 1939, determined to restore the label to pre-Prohibition standing and produce world-class Bordeaux-style wines. In 1945, Daniel convinced his neighbor, J.J. Cohn, to plant eighty acres of Cabernet vines on the 180-acre parcel Cohn had purchased a few years prior. The property served as a summer retreat for Cohn's wife and their family. He had no ambitions to become a winemaker himself, but Daniel promised to buy his grapes, so Cohn planted vines. The rest, as they say, is history.

J.J. Cohn Estate grapes are highly sought-after in part because Cohn bucked the trend, begun in the mid- 1960s, of replacing vines planted on St. George rootstock with the supposedly superior AxR#I hybrid. Over time, vines grafted onto this new stock proved highly vulnerable to phylloxera. But by then, virtually all of the old St. George vines in Napa had been destroyed. Only the original 1945 J.J. Cohn vines survived. These highly prized "Old Men" continue to produce uncommonly rich fruit -the hallmark of Scarecrow wine.