2021 Outpost Cabernet Sauvignon
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon from their best vineyard blocks between 1,800 and 2,200 ft, each fermented separately. 18 months in French oak (85% new). 1,140 cases. Blackish crimson. Firm, leathery tannins and glossy fruit. Still very youthful with the tannins and fruit not yet married but a serious, dry finish. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jeb Dunnuck
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Coming from a mix of estate and True Vineyard fruit, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is brilliant stuff and has a more forward, rounded, sexy style than most in the vintage. Lots of red, blue, and black fruits, charcoal, graphite, and spicy oak define this beauty, which is medium to full-bodied, has plenty of mid-palate depth, and a great finish. Drink bottles over the coming 15-20 years.
Outpost's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is a beauty, even it doesn't show quite the majestic complexity of the True Vineyard. It still offers up evocative scents of crushed stone, cassis, blackberry and blueberry. It's packed, concentrated and full-bodied in the mouth, ripe—almost creamy in texture across the mid-palate—then rich and velvety on the finish.
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain) is an absolute stunner. Lavender, crushed rocks, graphite, spice, chocolate and plum are some of the notes that inform this dynamic, beautifully complex Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2021 is a blend of about two-thirds from the Outpost property and one-third from True Vineyard.