2018 Chester-Kidder Proprietary Red
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Composed of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% of Syrah and 8% Petit Verdot, the 2018 Chester Kidder is ripe, juicy and firm in the glass. The nose opens to a dark, dusty core of fruits with notions of graphite, plum skin and blackberry jus before elegant oak tones waft with notions of juicy tobacco, cigar box and wet rocks. Full-bodied, tight-knit and balanced on the palate, the wine offers seductive oak tones of sweet vanilla, hints of herbs, succulent acidity and fine-grained tannins. The wine concludes with a gorgeous, lingering finish and will have no problem aging well past its 15th birthday.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate
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The 2018 Chester-Kidder Red Wine is based on 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Syrah, and the rest Petit Verdot that spent 30 months in 85% new French oak. It's another brilliant wine from this team and has vibrant plum and darker, almost blue fruits as well as spicy oak, chocolate, graphite, and scorched earth aromas and flavors. Balanced and medium to full-bodied, with a terrific sense of freshness as well as building tannins, it's going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and have two decades of longevity.