Galerie 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Latro, Knights Valley
Item Number: 13 20 717 17
Galerie 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Latro, Knights Valley
92+ Pt Cab with Cardinale & Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Winemaking Roots!
Quick Taste
- 92+ Points
- Produced by Gianna Kelly of Cardinale & Stag's Leap Wine Cellars!
- Unfined, Ufiltered
- "Full-bodied, rich and spicy, it fills the palate with ripe, expressive black and blue fruits"
- " it has beautiful fruit, shows more pure cassis and violet notes with time in the glass"
About Galerie 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Latro, Knights Valley
The Jackson Family's Galerie produces Cabernet Sauvignon that showcases one of California's foremost wine-growing regions — Knights Valley. After serving as enologist at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and Assistant Winemaker at Cardinale, producing 100% Cabernet Sauvignon at Galerie was an ideal fit for head winemaker Gianna Kelly as she brings this growing region to life.
Grapes for this 2017 were sourced from Jackson Family Estate vineyard, the Kellogg Estate Vineyard and the Knights Bridge Estate Vineyard. 21 days of skin contact (cold soak for three days to improve color, flavor and tannin extraction). 100% basket pressed. Malolactic Fermentation in barrels, with native bacteria. The wine aged 20 months in 90% new French oak and was bottled unfined-unfiltered
Jeb Dunnuck scored this 92+ saying "Coming from two sites in Knights Valley, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Latro has a darker, smokier, mineral style as well as plenty of black fruits, tobacco, and dark chocolate notes, medium to full body, and again, some grippy, firm tannins. Nevertheless, it has beautiful fruit, shows more pure cassis and violet notes with time in the glass, and is going to improve with short-term cellaring."
The Wine Advocate scored this 92 points saying "Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Latro Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon opens with baked plums, crème de cassis, cardamom and tilled soil with hints of tapenade, lilacs, Indian spices and tobacco leaf. Full-bodied, rich and spicy, it fills the palate with ripe, expressive black and blue fruits, with a chewy texture and plenty of freshness, finishing long with a perfumed lift. Only 400 cases produced."
Grapes for this 2017 were sourced from Jackson Family Estate vineyard, the Kellogg Estate Vineyard and the Knights Bridge Estate Vineyard. 21 days of skin contact (cold soak for three days to improve color, flavor and tannin extraction). 100% basket pressed. Malolactic Fermentation in barrels, with native bacteria. The wine aged 20 months in 90% new French oak and was bottled unfined-unfiltered
Jeb Dunnuck scored this 92+ saying "Coming from two sites in Knights Valley, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Latro has a darker, smokier, mineral style as well as plenty of black fruits, tobacco, and dark chocolate notes, medium to full body, and again, some grippy, firm tannins. Nevertheless, it has beautiful fruit, shows more pure cassis and violet notes with time in the glass, and is going to improve with short-term cellaring."
The Wine Advocate scored this 92 points saying "Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Latro Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon opens with baked plums, crème de cassis, cardamom and tilled soil with hints of tapenade, lilacs, Indian spices and tobacco leaf. Full-bodied, rich and spicy, it fills the palate with ripe, expressive black and blue fruits, with a chewy texture and plenty of freshness, finishing long with a perfumed lift. Only 400 cases produced."
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 14.0%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country United States
- Region California
- Appellation Sonoma
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