2017 Abreu "Cappella" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend
98JS
97JD
97WS
96RP
95VN
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98
James Suckling
Reviewed January 2020This is tight and creamy with firm tannins. Extremely long and flavorful red with blackberries and sweet tobacco. Black tea. Dusty and juicy sensation from the tannin. Flavorful finish.
Professional Reviews
97
Jeb Dunnuck
Beautiful stuff, the 2017 Capella offers a perfumed, complex style with lots of cassis and darker fruits as well as notes of white flowers, toasty oak, and tobacco. Rich and full-bodied, it has a rounded texture and the firmer tannins of the vintage. The balance is spot on, and it’s going to evolve gracefully for decades.
97
Wine Spectator
This belies the vintage, as there's a seamless feel, no midpalate gap and not an iota of rusticity on the finish. Instead, the immense core of warmed plum, steeped blackberry and fresh cassis notes drive through steadily while singed alder, smoldering tobacco and bittersweet chocolate notes emerge through the finish. A long thread of warm earth weaves around as well. A beauty. *Collectible* (JM)
96
Wine Advocate
The 2017 Cappella Proprietary Red is just as concentrated as the 2016, but it shows even more interesting dark-fruit flavors. The fruit has soaked up any overt oak notes, leaving waves of super ripe cassis and black cherries to wash over the full-bodied palate, finishing long and velvety, with lingering notes of salted licorice. (JC) 96+
Details
| Origin | Napa Valley, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends |
| SKU | 1580419 |