INGLENOOK

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2018

Organic

Product code

541128

Format

6 x 750ml

Listing type

Open

Status

Unavailable

Type of product

Still wine

Country

United States

Regulated designation

American Viticultural Areas (AVA)

Region

California

Subregion

Napa, Rutherford

Varietal(s)

Cabernet Sauvignon 88 %

Cabernet Franc 6 %

Petit Verdot 4 %

Merlot 2 %

Colour

Red

Sugar

Dry

Closure type

Cork

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About this winery

Founded by a successful Finnish sea Captain, Gustave Niebaum, in the 1880’s, Inglenook Estate in Rutherford California was once the most highly regarded of the earliest, great Napa Valley estate wineries. Over the years the estate passed through the hands of Niebaum’s descendants. Eventually the family started to sell off plots of the historic homestead. Even the proud name was put on the market in 1964 and sold to a corporation as merely a brand name. But in 1975, Francis Ford Coppola...

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Press reviews

- 97 points -

July 2021 (Vintage 2018)

A lovely enticing nose filled with rich plum, fig and blackcurrant fruits - heady and opulent. The palate is precise with a distinct texture, certainly dense and ripe but the flavours just settle on the tongue giving spiced touches of liquorice but allowing the freshness and acidity to underpin the overall taste. It feels very carefully constructed with everything in place allowing power and generality but neatly packaged and not overdone. A blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Wines are aged for 18 months in 100% French oak, 76% new.

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- 97 points -

January 2020

Subtle and complex red with blackberry, black truffle, sweet tobacco and mahogany. Highlights of lavender and violets. Full-bodied and very tight with finesse and tension. Very polished, fine tannins. Long finish. Delicious already...

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