Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, USA 2021

Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, USA 2021
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Chappellet Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, USA 2021

2021 Bottle (750ml)
Regular price $ 311.00 Offer price $ 299.00 Save $ 12
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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 Pts Decanter

The 2021 Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon, with 5% Petit Verdot in the blend, is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps with vibrant scents of blackcurrant cordial, juicy black plums, and pencil lead giving way to hints of violets, charcoal, and iron ore. The full-bodied palate shimmers with vivacious black fruit flavors sparked by mineral and floral notes, supported by wonderfully velvety tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing with epic length and depth. This is stunning! 

99 Pts The Wine Independent, December 2023

Concentrated black cherry and cassis fruits on the opening, overlaid with violet and peony floral character, moves upwards through the palate as a juicy freshness heads in underneath the fruit, great quality, closing out with bitter cocoa bean, fennel and espresso character. Great quality, a long term wine that will reward patience. Heavy bottle. 

98 Pts Jane Anson

(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. 

98 Pts Jeb Dunnuck

A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, all aged in new French oak, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill appears destined to be another classic. Penetrating aromas of cassis and red berries are joined by hints of violets, dried sage, crushed stones and pencil shavings on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich and intensely concentrated, framed by dusty tannins that linger easily on the long, mouthwatering finish. -

98 Pts Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker

Notes of crushed dark berries, chocolate black licorice, iodine, bark and graphite. Wide and encompassing on the palate with a full body and ultra-fine, almost weightless tannins. There is a fine, chalky minerality to it with sea shell, iron and cigar box undertones. Beautiful fruit. Firm and polished. Needs time. Try after 2026.

97 Pts James Suckling

 

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Characteristics
Bold and Structured
Sustainable
Pairs well with
Beef and Venison
Lamb
Pork
Meats
Wine Critic Scores
99 Decanter
99 The Wine Independent