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Jonathan Newman - 94/100!


"This beautiful wine offers the best qualities of Napa Valley Cabernet ––fresh, vibrant black fruit –– with the great structure, complexity and long finish that characterize great Bordeaux. There’s a rich current of ripe, fresh blackberry and blueberry along with notes of coffee, mocha and caramel. It’s a knockout with lamb chops, marbled steaks and prime rib."

"The 2006 vintage was a solid one for Napa, as the summer was long and cool, but a nice warm spell just before harvest season allowed the grapes to develop good complexity without too much sugar. The result here is the kind of beautiful wine that offers the best of Napa Cabernet(fresh, vibrant black fruit) with the best qualities of Bordeaux: good structure and complexity and a very long finish. The nose offers blackberry and blueberry. On the palate, I taste hints of coffee, mocha and caramel as well as plenty of vibrant black fruit. It's full-bodied, and quite robust with round tannins that make it approachable right now, but you could cellar it for a several years if you choose."

(Product description)
 
UNIT SIZE: 750.00 ml
VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon
VINTAGE: 2006
COUNTRY: United States
REGION: Napa Valley

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Mockingbird Hill Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2006

2006 Mockingbird Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
This beautiful wine offers the best qualities of Napa Valley Cabernet ––fresh, vibrant black fruit –– with the great structure, complexity and long finish that characterize great Bordeaux. There’s a rich current of ripe, fresh blackberry and blueberry along with notes of coffee, mocha and caramel. It’s a knockout with lamb chops, marbled steaks and prime rib.

 

1998 CABERNET SAUVIGNON

By Jonathan Newman*

2006 Mockingbird Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Type: Dry Red Wine
Wine Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Napa Valley
By Jonathan H. Newman
Rating: 94/100
The 2006 vintage was a solid one for Napa, as the summer was long and cool, but a nice warm spell just before harvest season allowed the grapes to develop good complexity without too much sugar. The result here is the kind of beautiful wine that offers the best of Napa Cabernet(fresh, vibrant black fruit) with the best qualities of Bordeaux: good structure and complexity and a very long finish. The nose offers blackberry and blueberry. On the palate, I taste hints of coffee, mocha  and caramel as well as plenty of vibrant black fruit. It's full-bodied, and quite robust with round tannins that make it approachable right now, but you could cellar it for a several years if you choose. This will be an absolute knock out wine with lamb chops, marbled steaks and Prime Rib.

 

By mockingbirdhillwine.com

Mockingbird Hill Napa Valley

We love Cabernet Sauvignon at Mockingbird Hill!

We believe it’s one of the truly great wine grapes.

Mockingbird Hill is fortunate to grow our grapes in the best wine region in the United State: Napa Valley, California. The warm days, cooler nights and long summer develop great flavor in the grapes, and our winemaker David Schlottman carefully handles them to create some of the best–tasting wines on the planet.

 

Things we love about Cabernet Sauvignon:

*Cabernet is “the king of grapes.” It’s the backbone of the world’s most expensive wines. There’s really no limit to how great a Cabernet can be.

*Cabernet is the most age-worthy wine in the world. Cabernets from the ‘60s are still tasting great today. You can enjoy a Mockingbird Hill Cabernet tomorrow, or you could put it in the cellar for 20 years as a gift to your older self.

*Cabernet Sauvignon reflects the taste of its terroir. Mountain Cabernet tastes very different from valley-floor Cabernet. If you have eucalyptus trees in your vineyard, your wine might have notes.

*You can grow Cabernet anywhere – Argentina, Canada, North Carolina, you name it – but the best wines come from only a few places in the world, and Napa Valley is at the very top of the list.

 

The classic food pairing for Cabernet is a big, juicy steak – and we love steak.

*While we’re passionate about Petite Sirah and Cabernet Sauvignon, we’re also fans of wine in general. Our Napa Valley vineyards also grow some great Chardonnay grapes and we’re very proud of those wines as well.

Thanks for visiting Mockingbird Hill!

 

(*)Jonathan Newman served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“PLCB”), the largest buyer of wine and spirits in the U.S., and the largest purchaser of California wines in the world. Jonathan was Wine Enthusiast’s Man of The Year (2003) and received the American Wine Society’s Award of Merit (2004).  In 2005, he was awarded the Guild of Sommeliers highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He was also named by Market Watch Magazine as one of the Top Five Leaders in the alcoholic beverage industry (2005). In 2006, he was elected as Chairman-elect of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association.