2008 Las Posadas

Wine Details
Producer

Abreu

Place of Origin

United States

Howell Mountain

Napa

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot, 9% Merlot

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2018 - 2028

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Readers will find much to admire in David Abreu’s 2008s. In most vintages, the Abreu wines are very slow to develop, but the 2008s have largely entered an early plateau of maturity where they are quite expressive. Stylistically, I find the 2008s a bit more marked by oak and torrefaction notes than is the norm these days, which may be a reflection of a different mix of coopers during this era. In recent years winemaker Brad Grimes has shifted towards Taransaud barrels, which he feels are especially well suited to the wines. As always, the Abreu wines are mostly co-fermented blends in which grapes are picked and fermented according to ripeness as opposed to strictly by single grape variety. That, along with Brad Grimes’s no nonsense, highly intuitive approach to farming and winemaking, are a few of the many attributes that make these some of the most distinctive wines being made anywhere in the world.

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This wine was tasted over dinner at Bar Boulud in January of 2015.

Importer Details
Pol Roger Portfolio

Imports to: United Kingdom

Address: Shelton House 4 Coningsby Street Hereford HR1 2DY

Phone: 01432 262800

Email: Polroger@polroger.co.uk

Website: https://polroger.co.uk/