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Saddleback is back, and we have a special offer on their fantastic Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon.
Just add three or more bottles of this delicious, elegant, classically Napa Cabernet to your order at a lovely 31% off, and Ground Shipping is on us!
Nils Venge is one of Americaās best contemporary winemakers, and we are very proud to have featured nearly 30 of his wonderful wines over these last several years. With each successive vintage, Nilsā wines seem to get better and better.
This wine is lush and dark on the nose, with black cherry, cherry tobacco, mocha, bramble, young strawberry, twigs, spice, oak, with a savory herb undernote.
On the palate, todayās special Cabernet is very flavorful, with balanced flavors of juicy black cherry, mulberry, young blackberry, mixed spice, toasty oak, espresso bean, darkly toasted oak, graphite, slate and subtle baked apple.
Decant for best results. As this wine breathes, it softens to become even more elegant and succulent. Drink now, or hold for the next decade.
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What the wine press has to say:
Jon Bonne - Wine Writer, San Francisco Chronicle - āFrom the heart of Oakville (with a small dose of Carneros Cabernet Franc), veteran Nils Venge shows a suave Napa expression. Disregard the mapleĀ syrup sweetness that appears on first sniff (thereās 65 percent new oak) and focus on the balance of violets, coffee, graphite and pretty currant fruit, and skill evident in its big, savory structure, balancing juicy flavors and a greenĀ olive accent.ā
What the Winery Says
2011 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
- Winemaker
- Nils Venge
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Composition
- 92.5% Cabernet Sauvignon
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- 7.5% Cabernet Franc from Truchard Vineyard in Carneros, Napa Valley
- Vintage
- 2011
- Appellation
- Napa Valley, Oakville
- Abv
- 14.5%
- Barrels
- 65% new French Oak
- Bottling Date
- December 9th, 2013