
NEAL FAMILY VINEYARDS
Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Dust
2013
- Regenerative Organic Alliance
- Organic
About this winery
Neal Family Cab is a Liquid Art classic for many reasons. It is a top quality Napa Cab with an impeccable pedigree produced by one of the valley's great winegrowing families but, because the family is not predisposed to pandering to journalists, it tends to be un-reviewed, and therefore has no place in the pantheon of point scores. What we have here then is a wine lover's dream come true: an almost totally under-the-radar wine full of character and class that massively over-delivers for the...
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Product notes
100% estate grown, organically farmed grapes from the Manley Lane property, farmed since the 1970's.
Production notes
Barrel Aged 24 Months in 100% New French Oak.
Tasting notes
Ripe Cabernet aromas include bright fruit, tea, mahogany, cocoa and a nice spicy sweetness. That spice carries through in the mouth with flavors of ripe plum and raspberry. The initial attack of texture is not that strong in tannin but just as you start picking up the cocoa, fruit, vanilla and cassis flavors, the Dust comes back, creating a dense texture, crying out for rich food to accompany the tannin.