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2018 Inglenook "Rubicon" Rutherford Bordeaux Blend

2018 Inglenook "Rubicon" Rutherford Bordeaux Blend

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Decanter

Reviewed July 2021
A lovely enticing nose filled with rich plum, fig and blackcurrant fruits - heady and opulent. The palate is precise with a distinct texture, certainly dense and ripe but the flavours just settle on the tongue giving spiced touches of liquorice but allowing the freshness and acidity to underpin the overall taste. It feels very carefully constructed with everything in place allowing power and generality but neatly packaged and not overdone. (GH)

Professional Reviews

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Jane Anson

Review Date: 07/2025
Relatively cool vintage, similar in character to the 2018, plenty of fresh figs, garrigue, mocha, bay leaf, lavander, cassis and bilberry fruit, with seams of fresh acidities, beaitifully walking the line between power and finesse. 75% new oak for ageing. Director of winemaking Philippe Bascaules.

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James Suckling

Review Date: 12/2020
Subtle and complex red with blackberry, black truffle, sweet tobacco and mahogany. Highlights of lavender and violets. Full-bodied and very tight with finesse and tension. Very polished, fine tannins. Long finish. Delicious already, but best after 2022.

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Jeb Dunnuck

Review Date: 01/2021
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon is based on a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It’s a more backward, closed wine, offering classy notes of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, freshly crushed stone, and cedar. More medium to full-bodied and elegant, I’d like to see a touch more density and richness on the mid-palate, but it's beautifully balanced, has gorgeous tannins, integrated acidity, and outstanding length on the finish. Give this classic, impressive, old school beauty 4-5 years in the cellar and enjoy over the following 15-20.

Notes

96 points, Matthew Luczy for Decanter: "One would be hard-pressed to find a more definitive showing of Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. Just enough oak-treatment apparent on the nose to add complexity, melting perfectly into the brooding, dark black fruits underneath. The palate is plush, forward and dusty with a subtle, snappy quality to the finish. It has become rare that the premier (and most expensive) wine from a Napa producer is not simply a bigger and riper iteration of other wines in the lineup. Such is not the case with Inglenook’s Rubicon. A modern classic. 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot." (10/2020)

Details

OriginNapa Valley, California, United States
Type/VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU1620773