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Manage Subscriptions2016 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Signature
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Community Tasting Notes 86
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ifishtoo Likes this wine: 94 points
May 9, 2024 - Classic Napa cab. Wish I had bought more.
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BrendanMcS wrote: 94 points
March 22, 2024 - Very good Napa Cab. Not as bold as you’d expect from a Napa Cab; not coming across like a fruit bomb. More balanced. Drinking well at the moment.
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dougogden Likes this wine: 92 points
February 29, 2024 - Balanced, delicious, straight-ahead Napa cab.
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Hilltime Likes this wine: 92 points
February 25, 2024 - Nose of mushrooms and herbs with flavors of black raspberry, cassis, plum, and dark fruits. Leather, tobacco, hint of chocolate with smooth integrated tannins makes for a beautiful wine.
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VAGenius Likes this wine: 93 points
January 22, 2024 - 60 minute decant. Nose of black cherry, black currant, and oak barrel. Rich palate of milk chocolate, caramel, dark red fruits, pencil lead, and peppery mountain soil. Mocha and dried herbs on the finish, with some bell pepper notes, red currant, and dry bay leaf. Drinking well, though I wouldn't expect any further development.
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By Karen MacNeil
Collectible California Cabernet, 8/13/2019 (link)(Chappellet, Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
North Coast Part 1: Napa Valley's Incredible 2016s, 1/31/2019 (link)(Chappellet Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Signature Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018), 12/1/2018 (link)(Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Signature Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
10/14/2018 (link)(Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull California Love, 4/11/2019(Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Signature) Hello friends. Today we have a survey of our neighbor two doors down, featuring one terrific up-and-comer working with extremely old fruit – Bedrock – and one classic of the genre: Chappellet. Chappellet is located here, on the flanks of Pritchard Hill as it runs down to Lake Hennessey (here’s a pic of this breathtaking spot), as it has been since 1967, more than half a century ago, when Donn Chappellet first recognized the potential of this terroir for Cabernet Sauvignon. Donn passed away in 2016, so this is a milestone vintage for the winery. Donn’s son Cyril, who moved to a home in the vineyards at the age of ten, leads the operation currently, with Phillip Corallo-Titus at the winemaking helm, as he has been since 1990. This is a beautiful expression of mountain-grown Napa Cab; one that, according to folks at the winery, has "a LOT" of Pritchard Hill fruit (the same that goes into the $250 bottling) along with fruit from Stage Coach, Broken Rock, and Sugarloaf Vineyards. It's a total Cali classic, full of rich fruit and dusty earth. Jeb Dunnuck: Copyrighted material withheld. Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld. We also have access to a miniscule number of bottles of three successive vintages of Chappellet’s crown jewel.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Chappellet
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Signature
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 017224720102, 081587119897, 896473000018
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 24 (0%)
- In Cellars 3,820 (53%)
- Consumed 3,412 (47%)
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- CountryUSA
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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