Saturday January 17, 2015

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Limited Quantities Available

Cask Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

	Price	$99.99/bottle
	Varietal	85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot
	Region	Rutherford, California
	Format	6 x 750ml
	Availability	SPLTY Allocated Very Limited Stock Available
	CSPC	+767913

90 POINTS Vinous

"Inglenook's 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask presents a distinctly Old World profile. Sweet tobacco, cedar, savory herbs, plums and black cherries are some of the nuances that take shape in the glass. This pretty, mid-weight Cabernet Sauvignon is an excellent choice for drinking over the next decade or so. Readers should expect a lithe, feminine wine built on aromatics, nuance and understatement." Antonio Galloni, December 2014

Tasting Notes

Subtle and round on the palate, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask offers fragrant notes of boysenberries, cherries, black currant and leather. Flavor intensity increases on the mid-palate with beautiful impressions of red fruits, spices, and coffee. This vintage bestows a supple texture with soft tannins and smooth, even transitions, giving it a particularly elegant style.

About the Inglenook Estate

Inglenook Estate - Aerial View

Founded in the 1880's by a successful Finish sea Captain, Gustave Niebaum, Inglenook Estate in Rutherford California was once the most highly regarded of the earliest, great Napa Valley estate wineries. Over the years the estate passed through the hands of Niebaum's descendants and the family started to sell off plots of the historic homestead.

Even the proud name was put on the market in 1964 and sold to a corporation as merely a brand name. But in 1975, Francis Ford Coppola purchased the largest parcel of the land including the Captain's old home. The idea was to have a place close to his production company in San Francisco where his family could live and maybe make a bit of wine, like he had done with his father and grandfather (both Italian immigrants to America) in the basement of their New York apartment when he was a kid. Through the ups and downs of his movie making career a new dream emerged. Egged on by Napa neighbors like Robert Mondavi, Coppola soon became intent on restoring the estate to its former glory. Indeed the 1941 Cabernet Sauvignon has consistently scored 100 point and is still venerated as one of the all time best wines to be made in the new world. Piece by piece the estate was reassembled.

Finally, nearly forty years later and at significant financial cost, Coppola realized his dream of re-acquiring the Inglenook name putting it back where he felt it always belonged on the label of the wine made from the great Rutherford estate. The Inglenook 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon 'Cask' is the first wine to be released since then and proudly sports the prestigious estate name along with an etched image of the famously recognizable chateau. The label signifies the return of Inglenook in every sense.

Francis Ford Coppola, Owner

"In America, so few things that are broken apart are ever put back together. Reuniting this property was truly a dream come true, both for my family and for Napa Valley."

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