TN: 2007 Lewelling Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford)

Anthony_Lombardi · July 10, 2011, 12:32am

2007 Lewelling Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford (7/9/2011)
Opaque maroon. Powerful nose showing black currant and plum along with some oaky aromatics. Huge, full bodied Cabernet. A massive swath of black fruit along with tobacco and leather flavors dominate the mid palate. High concentration and intensity here along with a firm tannic backbone. This became much more enjoyable to drink when the ribeyes hit the plate as the acid in the wine became a bit more apparent and some red fruit showed itself. Long, intense finish.

Dan_Hammer · July 10, 2011, 12:56am

I couldn’t figure out why your note wasn’t posted to where my wine is on CT. Drove me crazy for a minute until I realized that this wine is duplicated on CT. I know this happens. Thanks for the note.

Eric_LeVine · July 10, 2011, 1:29am

Are there separate Rutherford and St. Helena bottlings?

Dan_Hammer · July 10, 2011, 1:48am

The majority on CT are St Helena. I’m going to check my bottles.
My 07’s say St Helena on the label.

Eric_LeVine · July 10, 2011, 2:21am

There are half a dozen people who claim to have BOTH the ST HELENA and RUTHERFORD 2007 bottlings, and several of them also list the WIGHT VINEYARD bottling. I certainly don’t see anything here to indicate there is a third bottling, but it is rare to see so many conflicts, especially when people claim these are winery purchases: Lewelling Vineyards | Trade

Eric_Werner · July 10, 2011, 2:40am

There are only two bottlings - the “regular” and the Wight. Not sure what the issue is, but it should be easily fixed.

Dan_Hammer · July 10, 2011, 2:58am

Anthony, What does your bottle say?

Eric_LeVine · July 10, 2011, 3:58am

The issue is that people have entered conflicting purchases. So yes, I can click a button and hose them without a second thought. Or I can slowly, deliberately and carefully email them first to help confirm their holdings before smashing it all together.

Anthony_Lombardi · July 10, 2011, 4:10am

Looks like my other bottles are St Helena. This one is in a recycling container down in the Columbia Gorge, but they should all be the same. My apologies, I didn’t notice the duplicate of this “regular” bottling. I was under the impression that there was only the regular and the Wight as well. I just tried to edit the note in ct, but can’t do it from my phone, and my laptop is packed as we just pulled back into town. Eric- can you move my note to the St Helena bottling? If not, I’ll correct it tomorrow.

Sorry to everyone for creating confusion.

Eric_LeVine · July 10, 2011, 4:20am

Moved.

I likely will end up merging everything together once I help users to tease out their holdings.

Scott_Ho11owe11 · July 10, 2011, 4:35am

Mine are all listed under the St. Helena.

William_Segui · July 10, 2011, 4:47am

I can assure you they are all from St. Helena.