2012 Abreu Las Posadas

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 95.6 points

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  5/4/2024 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 99 Points

  About a 6 hour decant
  This Abreu ‘12 Las Posadas from Howell Mountain was densely packed, super concentrated with gobs of roasted dark fruits, graphite, tar, pine needles and chunky tannins. Excellent balance with a finish that wouldn’t quit.
  
  It’s hard to explain how great this wine was. Looking forward to more wines by Abreu.
  
  Excellent wine and food today to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. 5/4/2024
  Cheers all!

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  12/20/2023 - sean7711 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I had been looking forward to trying this bottle after purchasing off the secondary market a few months back. Unfortunately, this thing still needs another 5-7 years. I only decanted for an hour or so - wish I had done at least 4-6 hours before hand. Bottle did throw off some sediment as well so recommend standing this up for 24+ hours.
  
  94 reflects my score in my experience. I have no doubt under the right circumstances this would be 97-98.

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  12/9/2022 - Wine Warrior 1 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Really loved this wine. Still very young but very approachable. Dark, brooding, tense, but delivers a great wine experience. This wine has all the makings of a 100 pt wine but I feel that is is linear. It is spectacular in its lane, just wish the lane was a bit wider. Perhaps more than a 4 hour decant would reveal more.

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  9/22/2022 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Decanted briefly. Dense redcurrant and furry, thick tannins on the palate with bright acid lift. Not a typical Howell Mountain profile but a deeply satisfying cult Cabernet with plenty of life left. Great steak wine right now.

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  4/20/2020 - msuwine wrote: 94 Points

  Let’s take a trip to Howell Mountain eight years ago: the sun was shining and no pandemic was brewing, while two (fantastic) wines were coming into fruition: an Abreu Las Posadas and an Arkenstone Obsidian (now Estate). In a beautiful vintage, these are beautiful wines. For me, the Arkenstone won the night, since its welcoming fruit and integrated structure made it the more ready wine. The Abreu took a longer time to come around and, even when it did, it begged for more time in bottle. I would bet on Abreu in 2025, but the Arkenstone was better tonight.
  
  Each wine bore the markers of modern Howell Mountain Cabernet - rich and rustic, with notes of mulberry and pine needle, mixed with crisp acidity and dusty tannin. The Arkenstone was darker, riper, and fuller, with a roundness that was enticing tonight. The Abreu was more concentrated, herbal, and intense, gaining more precision as the night wore on. To paraphrase Hans and Franz (yup, I bet that’s a first for a wine review!): drink the Arkenstone now, believe in the Abreu later.
  
  - Arkenstone. Dark purple in color and full in body, the wine offered compelling aromas of blueberry liqueur, graphite, freshly ground pepper, and burnt embers. The flavors are enticing and ripe, with notes of blackberry tart, fresh leather, gravel, and anise, with a finish that is silky and sweet and lingering and beautiful. 14.8% alcohol. Blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, and the remaining 15% Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Merlot. Decant about an hour. 95+, with plenty of years ahead of it.
  
  - Abreu. A little redder in color (though still quite dark) and full in body (though not as much as the Arkenstone), the wine offered earthier aromas of boysenberry, grilled ribeye, fresh thyme, and sandalwood. The flavors were more dense and savory, with notes of black currant, boysenberry, pencil lead, and peppercorn, with a lighter and more savory finish that carries more pungent tannins. 14.5% alcohol. Decant at least two hours if drinking now, but this is well worth holding onto for a few more years. Blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc, 16% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec, and 5% Merlot. 94+ as of now, with huge upside when it unfolds in 2022 or later.

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