2021 Round Pond Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford
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The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Round Pond Vineyard comes from a single block (Block 11b for the geeks out there) and is all clone 15. It has a perfumed blue and black-fruited style as well as some exotic orange blossom, violet, and gravelly earth notes. This medium to full-bodied, lifted, pretty, floral 2021 needs just 2-3 years of bottle age and will drink well for 15 years.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The Rutherford-sourced 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Round Pond Vineyard offers up aromas of black cherries, loam, cigar box and some of consultant Thomas Rivers Brown's signature mocha-cola-scented oak. It's full-bodied, velvety-textured and pretty plush, ripe stuff, with decent length on the finish.
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate offers a more serious profile, with pure cassis and dark fruits as well as a touch of minerality in its tobacco and scorched earth aromatics. Medium-bodied and concentrated, with ripe tannins and beautiful balance, it will evolve for 10-12+ years.
A blend of Round Pond's estate vineyards in Rutherford and Oakville, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is deep, layered and super-expressive. This delivers the goods big time. All the elements are so well balanced. The 2021 feels just a touch compact today, but hopefully, the mid-palate will flesh out in time. Even so, there's so much to admire here. The inclusion of fruit from M-Bar makes a meaningful difference in this cuvée.