1997 Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvée

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Napa

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot

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Drinking Window

2019 - 2028

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Robin Lail, one of the original partners in Dominus Estate bought out by Christian Moueix in 1995, purchased a property on Howell Mountain the following year. Beginning with the '97 vintage, she included fruit from her own west-facing three acres in her red wine, a blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot whose proportions can change significantly depending on the vintage. Lail also owns a merlot vineyard in Yountville across from Napanook, and has a long-term lease on a cabernet sauvignon holding at the north end of Yountville. Her wine is vinified by consulting winemaker Philippe Melka, who also makes the Seavey cabernet as well as his own Metisse label. The Lail Vineyards estate fruit, grown at an altitude of 1,400 feet, tends to show low acidity and soft tannins, and contributes texture to the blend, says Lail, who describes the '97 vintage as an early year, at an extreme of ripeness.