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2012 Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Pritchard Hill

Napa Valley

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintages
201720162015201420132012201120102009
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Owners Manuel and Cristina Pires build on an already impressive track record of early successes with their 2011 and 2012 Cabernet Sauvignons. The wines are fermented in concrete and aged in French oak barrels, mostly new. Consulting winemaker Philippe Melka captures an attractive stylistic middle ground of textural richness allied to a distinct sense of place in these firm, structured Pritchard Hill Cabernets. As beautiful as the Gandona wines are, my sense is that they would speak more of site with less new oak and/or lower toast levels.