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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mckillop on 12/30/2023 flawed bottle: This bottle was slightly cork tainted. It was enough of a background note that made it hard to evaluate. Hope my second bottle is clean. (660 views) | | | Tasted by AGELVIS on 7/1/2023 & rated 95 points: One hour decant. Deep dark purplish magenta color. Blackberry, chocolate, and Chinese five spice. Dry, satiny, chalky palate. Firm, full tannins on the longish finish.
This was much better than I’m making it sound. It really would benefit from a 3-4 hour decant. Great ending wine to a fun wine weekend in Deer Valley. Decanting Queen supplied this beauty, which was tied for WOTN. (1910 views) | | | Tasted by Decanting Queen on 7/1/2023 & rated 95 points: Deer Valley Palooza in 3 stages with Mark1npt and Agelvis; 6/25/2023-7/1/2023 (8,100 ft): I specifically bought this bottle for this occasion and it didn’t disappoint. Floral perfumed nose, black raspberry (is that a real thing?) fruit, a big spicy personality. We only gave it a 1 hr decant but I thought would show better with a few more hours. I have 2 more to age in the cellar for another year or two. (2232 views) | | | Tasted by gteran76 on 2/10/2023 & rated 93 points: Double decanted for 1:15h and consumed from 6:20-9pm at MesaMar.
The nose is perfumed milky and strong, big body, high in acidity and tannins, very dark notes, cocoa and expresso, very long finish… the wine got better towards the end of the night.
Drink or hold but the best days are yet to come…
93++ (1355 views) | | | Tasted by shaferguy91 on 1/21/2023 & rated 94 points: Decanted 1 hour. Very young and will improve but delicious now. (1132 views) | | | Tasted by Francophile1 on 11/25/2022 & rated 94 points: My wine of the night. While still very young and primary, this has all of the stuffing and balance to evolve into an incredible California Cab. Decanted for 1 hour. Give this one time as it will get better. (1224 views) | | | Tasted by Elkcims on 8/20/2022 & rated 96 points: 3 hour slow ox. Moderate tannins, blue/black fruits. Drank half next day and improved a couple points. The palate is dense without being overpowering. Smooth, fully integrated tannins, and a 30 second finish. (1218 views) | | | Tasted by jimyeni on 1/1/2022 & rated 93 points: A little dark and reticent even after a 2 hour decant. Time, but not too much should help (1887 views) | | | Tasted by LiteItOnFire on 5/8/2021 & rated 90 points: Long night, no notes. Wine is not in my wheelhouse and have other 2016 wines that are over performing as a comparison. Also had the 2003 and it seems this is just not a wine for me. (3671 views) | | | Tasted by 89grange on 11/11/2020 & rated 96 points: A great wine, well made and easily approached but long complex finish. (2702 views) | | | Tasted by jkvedar on 10/29/2020 & rated 94 points: Licorice, graphite and dark fruits on the nose. Well-integrated on the palate. Lengthy finish. (2364 views) | | | Tasted by Somm David T on 10/3/2020 & rated 95 points: The one was opened same day.
The Elevation 1147 is their flagship wine.
2106 Elevation is a big step up from all their other reds. The mouthfeel is thick, round, gorgeous. Ripe, lush fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, dark cherries & an array of purple fruits. Tobacco, leather, saddle-wood, light graphite, crushed rock powered, limestone alluvials, beautiful baking spices that need some time to tame, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, vanilla, dark chocolate, mocha, caramel, dry twig, dark rich soil, touch of moist clay, dry top soils, understated sweet tar & black licorice with fresh & withering; dark, red, blue flowers with lavender & violets that follow as it sets. The acidity is round & excellent. The finish is; ruby, lush, round, well balanced & knitted & persistently gorgeous wire to wire.
While many will find it hard to resist now, you would be doing your substantial invest & this 2016 a disservice by opening before 10 years in bottle.
This is a 95 now but, I see it as a 95-98 down the road. (2460 views) | | | Tasted by Somm David T on 8/17/2019 & rated 93 points: Nicely soft & round on palate. Dark currants/cassis, blackberries, black raspberries, plum skin, dark tarriness, expresso roast, rock powdery, coco powder, layered baking spices, dark spice with very dark florals. (2882 views) | | | Tasted by jkvedar on 12/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Young, tightly wound, a bit disjointed. But lots of promise. (2069 views) |
| By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (3/15/2019)
(David Arthur Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Elevation 1147, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, North Coast Part 1: Napa Valley's Incredible 2016s (1/31/2019)
(David Arthur Cabernet Sauvignon Elevation 1147 Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018) (12/1/2018)
(David Arthur Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Elevation 1147 Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (3/14/2018)
(David Arthur Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Elevation 1147, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Brilliance in Napa Valley: 2016 & 2015 Cabernets (Jan 2018) (1/18/2018)
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| David Arthur Producer Website
Producer's Estate VisitCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonElevation 1147[from their website] The David Arthur Vineyards Elevation 1147 is their premiere wine made entirely of Cabernet Sauvignon grown in their vineyard block planted at an elevation of 1,147 feet. “This particular block consistently produces great fruit, so we decided to bottle it separately,” said David. “The wines are very friendly right from the beginning,” added Gretchen. “Our Cabernet is smooth, sexy and supple with backbone and structure to age.”USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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