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BLOCKBUSTER CABERNET!

An amazing Cabernet that we would put up against the best of them!

Wine Room 98 Points

2004 Stanton Vineyards

Oakville Cabernet

$74.99

LIMITED – Last 5 Cases!

Wine grower Doug Stanton has released his ’04 Oakville Cabernet, once again crafted by the very talented Dave Phinney. The ’04 is perhaps the tightest and most muscular offering to date; but once it opens up, there is no mistaking this dazzling wine for anything other than Stanton Vineyards Cabernet. Dark ruby in color, with a an initially massive nose, eventually begins to reveal layer after layer of exquisite scents, beginning with dense red currant, boysenberry and jammy raspberry, then comes a spectrum of plums that slides from red to black, ending with tones of black currant and cassis, all with Stanton’s unique spice box fingerprint of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, surrounded by sweet tobacco leaf, blood orange soufflé and just a hint of vanilla. On the palate it shows off its youthful acidity with perfectly integrated flavors and overall, the wine is superbly balanced, with incredibly fine, silky tannins. Give the wine a year or two to crack out of its shell (or some aggressive decanting) and enjoy it over the next couple of decades. From one of Napa’s top vineyards, comes one of Napa’s top wines, and a perennial staff favorite here. Only 328 cases produced.