2021 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon
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Inglenook's tightly wound 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon features plenty of bright red berries on the nose, ranging from cherries and redcurrants through to cranberry, all accented by hints of cocoa powder and dried herbs. It's medium to full-bodied, taut and streamlined, with ample energy and length on the softly tannic finish.
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James Suckling
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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This is serious with a deep dark-fruited character, notes of iodine, black olives, charred bark, smoky flint and raw mushrooms. Full-bodied, so refined and polished with an array of ultra-fine, silky tannins that lasts for minutes. Broad and encompassing with a long finish. Hints of sea shell, iron and umami. Extremely well-made. Better after 2026.
Silky but muscular tannins, expands through the mid palate, showing intense black fruits, concentrated blackberry pie, grilled sandalwood, graphite and tar, great quality, grips through the palate, long ageing ahead. Todd Devincenzi director, Philippe Bascaules winemaker.
Full bottle 1,542 g. 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot. Aged for 20 months in French oak barrels, 50% new. 5,051 cases produced. Blackish crimson. Not sweet! This is centred more on a dry, mineral axis, rather different from its peers. It finishes dry and seems a ready friend to food. The fruit/tannin balance seems pretty ambitious with tannins that will carry it through for many a long year, but they are ripe not hard work. Bone-dry finish. (JR)
About the producer
Inglenook is one of Napa’s oldest wine estates, founded in 1879, but is today owned by Francis Ford Coppola.