Session 03 Table 4
Crown Point Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
USA, Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara
Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot
AF
AJ Fairbanks
Managing Director, Crown Point Vineyards
Description
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon showed beautifully. Based on 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot, it reveals a dense purple hue as well as a great nose of crème de cassis and blueberry-like fruits along with ample green tobacco, lead pencil, sandalwood, and chocolate. It shows more and more floral notes with time in the glass and is full-bodied, with a beautiful sense of elegance and purity, silky tannins, and a rock star of a finish. This is straight-up gorgeous juice that can be enjoyed today or any time over the coming two decades or more.
Awards
97 pts Jeb Dunnuck
96 pts Wine Enthusiast Points
95 pts Vinous by Antonio Galloni
Alcohol
14.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard
Crown Point Vineyards