Ch. Fleur Cardinale

Cardinale Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

California

Napa Valley

Luxurious, balanced, supple tannins running through damson, black cherry and pomegranate fruits, wrapped up in curls of cigar box, gunsmoke, liquroice root and grilled coffee bean. As it opens up, brighter notes of star anise, fennel and turmeric appear, this is beautifully complex and arresting. 100% French oak, 81% new. Christopher Carpenter winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined. Sourced from 12 vineyards, with Spring and Diamond Mountains dominant. This was the first vintage on the Place de Bordeaux.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, with 9% Merlot in the blend, came from eight different appellations this year. Deep garnet-purple in color, it comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant notes of warm cassis, fresh blueberries, and Bing cherries plus suggestions of lilacs, wild sage, allspice, and dark chocolate. The full-bodied palate has an impressive frame of wonderfully-ripe, fine-grained tannins and lovely tension supporting the generous black and red berry layers, finishing long with a fragrant lift.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Concentrated black fruits, kirsch and damson, this is pristine yet exuberant, full of life and pleasure, majoring on espresso, mocha, damson, cassis, cocoa bean and softer waves of rose petals and iris Just seven vineyards provide the fruit source in this vintage, with over half located on Spring Mountain. Even 24 hours on it is very clearly still structured in its tannic architecture, suggesting you have years ahead for enjoying the wine. 100% French oak, 93% new. Christopher Carpenter winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined.

Intense, spicy and concentrated, this was a low yielding year, and even at 9 years old feels just at the start of its life. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it already though, as the tannins are supple, with blackberry and brambled autumnal fruits wrapped in cigar box, cocoa and fragrant sage showcasing the mix of loud and quiet notes that Cardinale does so well. 100% French oak, 84% new. Christopher Carpenter winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined, with grapes selected from 12 different vineyard sites, the dominant being Veeder Peak.

Just a beautiful wine, this is filled with silky smooth tannins, sage, fennel, chocolate, liquorice, bright blueberry and damson fruits, slate tannins and a juicy signoff. One of the standouts of the vertical, from a vintage that was balanced and steady, allowing for full ripeness without excessive heat spikes. Harvest 23 September to 30 October. Throwing some deposit at this point, make sure you carafe. Christopher Carpenter winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined. All estate vineyard grapes, from six vineyard sites, dominant Mount Veeder.

What a stunning wine, and although still vibrant and concentrated, it is at a gorgeous moment to drink, really opened up with rose petal aromatics, mouth-wateringly juicy and supple tannins, along with rosemary and sage spice wound through damson and blueberry fruit. Harvest 6 September through to 1 November, after a relatively cool growing season, with very few days topping 100 degrees (38C), even in the warmest locations. This gave it a measured reception on release, but at this point showcases the beauty of Cardinale, where it can maintain its signature punch while leaning in to the cooler fruit character of the vintage. Throwing some deposit at this point, make sure you carafe. Christopher Carpenter winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined.

2021	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2019	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Eksepsjonell
2016	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2015	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Eksepsjonell
2009	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær

Kategori	Rødvin
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Produsent	Ch. Fleur Cardinale
Årgang	2019
Land	USA, California, Napa Valley
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

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