1992 | Spottswoode | Family Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon

Description

Red Wine: 1992 | Spottswoode | Family Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon

Supple, graceful, harmonious style, deftly balanced, with ripe, rich, polished currant, anise, sage, cedar and blackberry. Holds its focus on a long, lingering finish.

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Producer: Spottswoode

Ratings: WA | 99 WS | 92

Vintage: 1992

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.7%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: United States, St. Helena

Supple, graceful, harmonious style, deftly balanced, with ripe, rich, polished currant, anise, sage, cedar and blackberry. Holds its focus on a long, lingering finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The year 1992 was the second most abundant year for Spottswoode, producing 5,713 cases, with the final blend 6% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. This was a classic Napa vintage with abundant fruit and high yields. Spottswoode made a magnificent example. With a dark ruby/purple/garnet-colored wine to the rim, this wine is stunningly rich, with floral-infused blackcurrant and blackberry fruit, a hint of chocolate and toast. Terrific aromatics are followed by an equally impressive full-bodied wine, with stunningly sweet, velvety tannins, enormous fruit and stature, and a long, long finish.

• Wine Spectator: Supple, graceful, harmonious style, deftly balanced, with ripe, rich, polished currant, anise, sage, cedar and blackberry. Holds its focus on a long, lingering finish. Tannins are softening, but the depth and vitality of the flavors are impressive.

Producer Information

Spottswoode is a historic, Napa Valley wine producer, located in St Helena. The family-owned estate have been producing wine from Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah for multiple generations. The estate itself was established in 1882 by George Schonewald. As well as planting the vineyard, he also constructed the Victorian farmhouse which remains on the estate today. It came under its current ownership in 1972 when the Novak family purchased the estate. The first Cabernet Sauvignon wine released in 1982. Today, there is 42 acres (17 hectares) of vines planted, most of which are Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyards have been certified organic since 1992. The flagship wine of the portfolio is the Spottswoode’s Estate Cabernet Sauvignon. It is aged for 20 months in French oak, two thirds of which is new, and depending on the vintage may have a proportion of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc is predominantly produced from estate fruit, with a small portion sourced from surrounding vineyards. Spottswood also produce a second Cabernet Sauvignon wine, the Lyndenhurst, and tiny amounts of Syrah that are bottled under the name ‘Field Book’.