TN: 2007 Chappellet Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Signature (USA, California, Napa Valley)

  • 2007 Chappellet Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Signature - USA, California, Napa Valley (5/11/2012)
    3+ hour decant. Opaque garnet color with lightening edges. Notes of cassis, lavender, currant and cedar throughout. The fruit is ripe on the palate yet still backwards. The oak notes expand with cedar, espresso and cocoa. There’s a nice silky tea note throughout. It drinks polished and plush with fine tannins that are very firm. The finish is dry and with good length along with plenty more dark fruit and oak. It’s enjoyable at this stage, but tight overall and centered around black fruit and oak. The depth and length is there, and I could see this maybe developing further with oak integration- give another couple of years to find out. (91 pts.)

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