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The Liparita brand was purchased by Spencer Hoopes 2 or 3 years ago. You might know his eponymous Oakville Cabernet, Hoopes 2007, a killer Cab we sell and recommend highly.
Liparita has an over 100 year head start on Spencer. They made award- winning Napa Cabernet back in the late 1800s. The Liparita "Ghost Winery" still stands on Howell Mountain, in fact. Different owners of the brand had their ups and downs throughout the 20th Century...I remember drinking some outstanding Liparita Cabs and Sauvignon Blancs in the 1990s. Then the label seemingly disappeared until the Spencer Hoopes-owned LIPARITA Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 2006 hit the fine wine market over a year ago. The 2006 is very good. We have just one bottle left of it.
This email is about the 2007 Liparita Cabernets. I tasted them last week. They make three Napa Cabernets, and two of them, the Yountville "V Block" and the Oakville, will be delivered to Back Room Wines tomorrow. Both are exceptional and are very good values in the realm of top-notch Napa Cab. It's easy to paint you a picture, as it were, on how they differ. In a nutshell, the Oakville is like candy: lush, ripe, low-acid, simple in its deliciousness. "V Block" Yountville is "Subjective Dan's" pick. Like the Oakville, it's mighty rich and yummy, but pulls back on the ripeness just enough to let the spice and earth come through, too. More on each wine below. Thanks! Dan
LIPARITA Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville, Napa Valley 2007 $53/bottle2006 Pic...2007 for sale
| This is flat-out RICH and simply delicious, a la the Cabernets from Shelter, Mirror, Cavus and Meyer Vineyard (perhaps you've bought these from Back Room). Chewy, very ripe black and
blue fruits, mocha, licorice, low acid and soft tannins. If you wonder
what Parker means by "hedonistic," drink this Cab and use as the
definition. (Not yet reviewed by Parker, however.) 60% new French oak, 700 cases made.
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LIPARITA Cabernet Sauvignon "V Block" Yountville, Napa Valley 2007 $53/bottle "V Block" is for "Vallerga Vineyard," which lies above Yountville's
Veterans' Home. Winemaker Jason Fisher calls this vineyard "The Spot" as the fruit gets wonderfully ripe while the soil here imparts its special, unique flavor.
This is really really good, combining very ripe black and blue berry fruits with a little acidity, spice and soil
flavors. Black cherry liqueur, chocolate ganache, black truffle,
violets, Five Spice, mocha...lots going on and its all good. Like the Oakville, aged in 60% new French oak and 700 cases made.
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Thank you! DanDaniel Dawson
Owner, Back Room Wines Corner of First & Main Streets (First Street
Entrance) Downtown Napa, California 94559 Phone: (707) 226-1378 Toll Free # is
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