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2017 Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Oakville

Napa

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintages
2023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
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The 2017 from Vine Hill Ranch is an attractive wine, but like so many 2017s it is on the lighter side, most likely because the Labor Day heat spikes caused the vines to shut down and blocked ripening. I also tasted the 2018 from a selection of components and a preliminary blend. That wine is shaping up to be terrific.

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These are two magnificent wines from VHR. Proprietors Bruce and Heather Phillips, along with their team led by winemaker Françoise Peschon and vineyard manager Mike Wolf, are making some of the most compelling wines in Napa Valley. The 2016 is a majestic, regal wine that captures the essence of this great Napa Valley vintage. I was perhaps even more impressed with the 2017, which is one of my favorite wines of the vintage so far. As it turns out, I happened to visit the Vine Hill Ranch on the last day of harvest for the estate wine, September 23 (some clients picked later), and tasted the separate lots in fermentation then this past spring and fall. The 2017 here has never been anything less than showy in the very best sense of the word. These days, VHR is at the top of the pack in Napa Valley. And, I have written here before, the wines VHR makes but that do not make it into their final blend, are better than those wines other properties do bottle!