Tierra Roja 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Oakville Napa Valley 97 Points

Jeb Dunnuck 97 Points: “The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon ratchets up the quality and offers a dense, concentrated, primordial vibe in its black fruits, tobacco, scorched earth, and liquid rock-like minerality. Full-bodied, concentrated, and backward, it’s unquestionably a brilliant wine yet it requires at least 2-4 years of bottle age and should evolve for over two decades.”

Robert Parker 94+ Points: “Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon leaps with vibrant black and red cherries scents, followed by mulberries and cassis, with underlying touches of cedar, clove oil and pencil lead. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a taut, grainy texture and muscular black fruits, delivering a long earthy finish..”

Winery Notes: “The 2018 Tierra Roja Cabernet Sauvignon is masterful. The aromatics leap from the glass, illuminating telltale notes of black currant, boysenberry and bramble that only the very best of Napa Valley can achieve to such a concentrated level. Notes of baking spice, subtle earth and tobacco support the ample fruit. On the palate the wine reveals to be one of Linda Neal’s most powerful and intense vintages yet. The flavors carry more black currant and dark berries combined with oak driven characteristics of leather, dark cocoa powder and spice. The wine is rich and full bodied, highly concentrated in aromatics and flavors, and incredibly long lasting with lingering vibrancy. This wine is a stunning 2018 bottling from the steepest hillsides of the Oakville AVA in the Napa Valley, and without a doubt, will age on beautifully for decades more”