2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.64

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  10/10/2023 - Davetroup Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bought a case of this about 18 months ago when it was sold, and just opened the first bottle.
  
  This is a classic Napa Cab, and it’s fantastic. I’m giving it one of the highest scores I’ve given a wine. This wine is firing on all cylinders, just a near perfect wine for me. And it’s young and clearly has years to go – I think it may be even better in 3-5 years.

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  5/7/2023 - Giller63 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  After reading some notes that sounded like this wine was entering a good drinking phase. Did a 5-hour decant at 60 degrees before serving. First sip confirmed what I had been reading. My first bottle was almost exactly one year ago. I did not make any notes but I recall it being fairly closed. This is a very well made cab that is now starting to show its stuff. Can't wait to see how this evolves as the best should be yet to come.

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  4/23/2023 - etrauger wrote: 93 Points

  Drank in 1 day. ~3-hour open decant + 3 hours back in bottle. One of my top-5 DNs to-date; extremely happy I have a case left.
  
  Deep purple/ruby in the glass, nearly inky. Nose was fairly alcohol-dominated, with minor oak. Flavor dominated by cherry, dark berry, and oak, with some mineral flavors. Smooth entry and well-integrated, with appropriate ratios of sugar, acid, and ethanol. Very high tannin is welcomed, enabling a longer-than-anticipated finish out of a ~$20 bottle. I would expect this one to peak years down the road, likely to age well for 10+
  
  Overall, the initial claim that N.64 would retail for $100+ is not a surprise or an extreme stretch. Though the bottle was slightly more expensive than a typical DN bottle, it is also much more powerful and cellar-worthy, making it a big-time QPR winner. Essentially, the archetypal DN offering

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  1/8/2023 - brianschool Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A wonderful, enticing nose of black cherry and lavender. On the palate a deep black cherry, blackberry white flower, all mellifluously in line and working together in harmony. The chocolate and bourbon vanilla reaches-in midway and along with pencil shavings and cedar makes one pay attention even more.
  
  This wine is absolutely singing with beautiful balance finishing with complexity and powdery, sweet tannins. After about a 4 hour decant you’ll be enticed by the richness and complexity here. This wine, said to be Jericho Canyon, delivers.

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  10/14/2022 - agdphd Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Enjoyed with a steak after four hours of air in the bottle. Nice nose of black fruit and a bit of stone or soil. Medium body with some sugar; zippy acidity and very grippy tannins. This drinks okay now with food, but I expect it to improve in the next few years; I'll open my next bottle in 2025 or so.

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