Cameron Hughes Lot 65 Cabernet Sauvignon Coastal Region 2006

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Winery:

Cameron Hughes Wine

Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region:

USA > California > Napa > Oak Knoll

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

2010 - 2017

UPC:

 

User Tags:  earthy, chemical, fruits, berry, closed, fine, resinous, stone fruits, nose, black currant 

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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

Vintage: 2006
Appellation: 85% Stellenbosch, South Africa, 15% Paarl, South Africa
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol by volume: 14.5%
Production: 1,000 cases
Release date: April 15, 2008
Availability: April 2008

Taste: Dead ringer for Lot 18. Powerful aromas of anise, violets, smoky oak and graphite/tarry earth/leather. Fleshy midpalate of cherries, loganberry, and raspberry emerges from dusty tannins after a good hour of air so decanting at this stage is highly recommended. Balanced finish has good length with extremely well-integrated read more...tannins offering toasty mocha notes and tarry earth. Another “Wow! Never had anything like that before” wine (unless of course you have had Lot 18).

Cameron Confidential: Same sourcing as Lot 18 and same appellation breakdown: two high-end producers in Stellenbosch and one in Paarl (the “Sonoma” of South Africa) put together by a consulting winemaker with access to lots of great juice. The reason we did not breakdown the appellations on the label as we did with Lot 18 is because the last time we tried to get the wine into the country the TTB (Tax and Trade Bureau – they regulate wine in the US) had tremendous difficulty figuring out how to treat the split appellation. It took two months to get it through US Customs so we decided not to do that again.

South Africa is once again on the rise. In the 1980’s, South Africa far-outpaced Australia, Chile, Argentina, but due to Apartheid sanctions, quickly disappeared from the US market. New government and tremendous reinvestment in South Africa (70% of their vines are less than 16 years old!) has put them back on the map as they are now the 7th largest wine-producing country in the world. Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, in their World Atlas of Wine noted “surely the most beautiful wine country on the face of the Earth is South Africa’s Stellenbosch”. Located on the Southern Cape of South Africa, hundred year-old soils and maritime-influenced climate make for amazing wines.    (hide)

Editorial Reviews

Gregory-
Dal Piaz

Hand of Snooth Voice of Snooth

7,142

What a lovely nose, really speaking of cool climate California Cabernet with lovely nuanced notes of mint, grapevine, soil and toast accentuating the blueberry tinged cassis fruit. The nutty oak tones gain and fade and are replaced with gentle mineral and bay leaf tones but all in fine balance to the cool crushed cassis fruit. In the mouth this starts off precise and tight, if perhaps a bit youthfully disjointed but with time to breath this gathers itself admirably and offers text-book Oak Knoll character with bright red and black currant fruit that has just the slightest jammy edge, mouth cleansing read more...tannins and acidity that offers excellent lift on the backend leading to the gently earth and spice toned finish. This offers excellent ripeness and a fine silky mouthfeel after several hours in the decanter. Really very fine stuff with a decade or more of positive development ahead of it. 91pts    (hide)

November 2008

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