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Etude Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon(2003)
A cool, wet spring and unpredictable flowering season led to lower yields in the 2003 vintage. The positive outcome is reflected in the concentration in the resulting wines. Ripening was fairly even during the last of August and the beginning of September. The 2003 vintage wines are soft in extract and show early elegance. While the 2002 vintage wines revolved around dark fruits, the 2003 wines focus more on red fruit and creamy textures that are inviting and easy to enjoy. The Etude Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is handcrafted from several unique vineyards representing the major benchland read more...
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April 2008
- The Etude Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is handcrafted from several unique vineyards representing the major benchland sub-appellations of Napa Valley - Rutherford, St. Helena, Oakville and Calistoga. By deliberately sourcing fruit from this range of exemplary sources, the assembled wine attains the important range of expression and nuance that gives this wine its depth of character. The blend for the 2003 bottling consists of Cabernet Sauvignon (97%) and Cabernet Franc (3%). The wine will spend a minimum of 24 months in French oak barrels (80% new). The components are aged separately read more...
- Steven Tanzer
- 90/100
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August 2008
- Bright ruby-red. Aromas of currant, blackberry, tobacco and mocha turned spicier with aeration. Sweet and sappy on the palate, with noteworthy energy to its flavors of red berries, spices, minerals, tobacco and earth. Serious, ripe wine, finishing with firm tannic spine and very good aromatic persistence. This has turned out well.
- James Laube
- Wine Spectator
- 11/15/06
- 86/100
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November 2006
