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1998 Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Benchland Select

Cabernet Sauvignon: 750ml

$89.99

about this wine:

"...the third vintage that Cakebread Cellars selected cabernet fruit from the best vineyards of the western as well as eastern sides of the Napa Valley; respectively...made from highly acclaimed vineyards in the neighboring Oakville and Rutherford appellations...The vineyards for the Benchland Select are along the gentle sloping foothills or bench lands of the Mayacamas Mountains. They face in an easterly direction and their gravelly loam soils provide excellent drainage. The vineyards' low sun exposure causes the cabernet fruit to mature slowly...Periodically during Benchland Select's fermentation in stainless steel tanks...utilized a so-called "rack and return" regimen to the wine. This served a two-fold purpose. First, "rack and return" greatly reduces a wine's astringency. Second, this cellar procedure also softens tannins. As the fermenting wine approaches dryness, it is taste-tested before it is sent to the wine presses. Our cellar practices helped to contribute to Benchland Select's great color and rich flavors as well as its firm structure, supple and well-integrated tannins. Sixty percent of the wine is then aged in new French oak, while the remainder is aged in a combination of one and two-year old French oak for a total of 21 months...The resulting wine is true to its sources of two Napa Valley west side top vineyards - both in character and in taste. The 1997 Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon displays a richness of black fruit, reminiscent of ripe black cherries, blackberries and currants. Benchland Select is a deliciously soft, but elegant wine that offers plenty of ripe and rich black fruit with a lingering finish of rich, ripe berry flavors integrated with delicately balanced tannins..."

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points awarded:
WS 91

91 points,

Wine Spectator, January 2002

Wonderful fruit purity, with ripe, rich plum and black currant flavors at the center, wrapped tightly by mouthcoating tannins and offering hints of anise, sage and blackberry. Has tannin to shed, but dryness on the finish is a concern too. Drink now through 2008. 2,400 cases made. –JL


91 points,

Wine Spectator, January 2002

Wonderful fruit purity, with ripe, rich plum and black currant flavors at the center, wrapped tightly by mouthcoating tannins and offering hints of anise, sage and blackberry. Has tannin to shed, but dryness on the finish is a concern too. Drink now through 2008. 2,400 cases made. –JL


About Winery

The Cakebread family, owners of Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford, is among the most creative and successful winery families in California's famed Napa Valley. Since its founding in 1973, the winery has developed a reputation for producing world-class wines. Its success is built on quality, consistency and continuity, characteristics which apply equally to the grapes, the wines, the people and the operation of the winery.

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