2019 Nickel & Nickel Cabernet Sauvignon Kenefick Ranch
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Lastly, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Kenefick Ranch comes from a great vineyard in Calistoga and spent 18 months in 50% new French oak. It’s another classic, age-worthy wine in this lineup that has plenty of ripe, plummy dark fruits, notes of cedar pencil and leafy herbs, medium to full body, ripe tannins, and a great finish. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this drinking well at age 20.
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This shows blackcurrant, cigar box and pencil shavings. Some crushed-stone minerality, too. Full-bodied and chewy. Firm, with layers of fine-grained tannins and a mellow, chocolatey mouth-feel. Long and even. Give it time to soften. Try in 2023. (JS)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Kenefick Ranch captures all the savory, earthy personality of this great Calistoga site. Dried herbs, iron, spice, tobacco, incense and scorched earth lend notable complexity to this virile Cabernet Sauvignon. The tannins are a bit sinewy, but, then again, this is Kenefick Ranch. I would give the 2019 a few years to come together. It is a tremendously promising wine. (AG)