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2021 Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Napa

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Cabernet Franc

Vintages
2022202120202019201820172016201520142013
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2027 - 2041

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There was quite a bit of news at Accendo when I visited the winery this past fall. Ten years after founding Accendo, Bart and Daphne Araujo have stepped down from the winery and passed the baton to their children, Greg and Jaime. Bart and Daphne Araujo will continue to run their J.H. Wheeler label and Wheeler Farms, their state-of-the-art custom crush facility. The concept at Accendo is based on wines blended from many sites across the valley, in the tradition of many old-school Napa Valley Cabernets that were made before the current focus on vineyard designates. Winemaker Nigel Kinsman turned out a pair of exquisite 2021s.

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Bart and Daphne Araujo show no signs of slowing down, if anything they appear to be moving faster than ever. Over the last few years, the Araujos have continued to upgrade the sites that go into their multi-vineyard Accendo Cabernet Sauvignon. I tasted the 2021 from various unblended components. I have to say, it is a bit sad some of those wines will ultimately disappear into a blended wine, but they do point to another outstanding vintage.