Even better than the stunning 2018, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon evokes darker-skinned berries, hinting at black cherries and cassis, while still showing the vineyard's earthy-loamy side. It's a full-bodied, plush wine, with great concentration, a rich, velvety texture and a long, elegant finish that seems to linger for several minutes. Wow!
100pts - Joe Czerwinsky / The Wineadvocate
Fresh, enticing aromas of sappy red and black fruits, leather, sandalwood, cassis, violets and sweet cedar. Gorgeous on entry, brimming with elegance in its finely delineated fruit notes that lead with blackberry, and black cherry morphing into tangy red fruit and currants. Featherweight fine-grained tannins are almost powdery; a wealth of savoury mineral character floods the mid-palate like liquified granite. And it keeps giving, revealing wild herbs, sagebrush, bittersweet chocolate and brown spices. One of the more elegant 2019 Napa Cabs in this concentrated, dark-fruited vintage, with beautiful structure and a freshness that remains present in every single sip.
100 pts. - Decanter
Deep purple-black colored, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon slowly unfurls, revealing a gregariously fruity personality of juicy blueberries and fresh black cherries to start. With patience and swirling, a core of black currant jelly, violets, cracked black pepper, eucalyptus, and tilled soil emerges. Full-bodied, firm, and impressively structured, the palate has super-ripe, fine-grained tannins and bags of black fruits sparked by floral and mineral nuances, finishing with epic length and energy. Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1200 cases were made.
99 pts. - Lisa Perotti Brown
Just bottled, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon tastes like a barrel sample, such is its purity of fruit and lushness! It is the most overt, opulent young wine I have ever tasted here, and likely to require a number of years in bottle for some of the baby fat to melt away. Pliant and supple, with soft contours and tons of fruit, the 2019 is simply magnificent. I imagine the more savory, earthy notes that are so typical of VHR will develop in time. Even today, though, the 2019 is outrageously beautiful.
98+ pts. - Antonio Galloni
