2021 Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

2021 Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

  • DC 99
  • JD 98+
  • TP 99
Sale price$294.95
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2021 Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

6904 Miramar Road

Pickup available, usually ready in 24 hours

6904 Miramar Road
San Diego CA 92121
United States

99 Points - Such an attractive and alluring bouquet of violet florals, blue fruit aromatics, sagebrush, bay laurel, and toasty cedarwood. Medium to full-bodied with a wonderfully rich fruit-forward palate of succulent blackberry, plums, and black cherry, nuanced by an inviting minerality with an ironstone quality laced by dried sage. The tannins are palate-etching and crisp and resolve with a fineness that leaves an overall impression of total harmony. Best from 2025; ideally, you'd hold off until near 2030 and enjoy until 2050.

99 Points - Farmed for 57 years and replanted block by block for the past three decades, Pritchard Hill remains a benchmark for Napa Valley's superior mountain fruit. Winemaker Phillip Corallo-Titus aged this wine for 22 months in 100% new French oak, and upon first sip, it shows its youth with a powerful thrust of muscle. A rush of mulberry, boysenberry, mocha, and cedar bursts through as dry, sinewy tannins surround the mouth. As the palate opens, new leather and balsamic make way for oregano and licorice, imparting opulence on the finish.

98+ Points - The flagship 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is based on 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. Dense purple-hued, with incredible aromatics of black and blue fruits, camphor, liquid violets, tobacco, and graphite, it has a remarkable sense of opulence in its aromas and flavors and delivers full-bodied richness, a massive mid-palate, building tannins, and a thrilling finish. It reminds me of an improved 2013. This heavenly Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon will evolve for 30-40 years in cold cellars and is another absolutely sensational wine from this estate. Don't miss it.