2001 Bond Vecina Napa Valley Red Wine
Quantity Available | 0 in stock |
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Vintage | 2001 |
Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Style | Red |
Country | USA |
Region | California |
Bottle Condition | Normal |
$420.00
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Description
Bond Vecina Napa Valley Red Wine, California, USA 2001AG 94 | ANTONIO GALLONIDark ruby-red. Aromas of cassis, black cherry, blackberry, mocha and licorice. Concentrated, dense and fully ripe, conveying a much more pliant texture today than the 2002. But this is also sappy, fine-grained and nicely delineated, with its dark berry and black cherry fruit flavors given shape by a brooding element of savory minerality. Not hugely sweet, though, and clearly less liqueur-like than the 2002. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins that should carry this wine for at least another 15 years. |
WA 96+ | WINE ADVOCATEThe most backward, earthy, muscular/masculine wine of the group is the 2001 Vecina. Still quite tightly knit, with loads of rugged tannins as well as distinctive notes of graphite and earth reminiscent of a St.-Estephe such as Chateau Montrose, the wine displays sweet, earthy blueberry and blackberry fruit, but then the tannins kick in. This full-bodied, massive wine needs a good 5-7 years of cellaring at the minimum, and whether it ever approaches the seamless/flawless perfection of a St. Eden or Melbury remains to be seen. |
WS 94 | WINE SPECTATORDense, tight and tannic yet enormously complex, with blackberry, black licorice, graphite, charcoal, mocha, dried herb and cedary notes that are intense and persistent, working through ripe, chewy tannins.—2001 California Cabernet blind retrospective (June 2011). Drink now through 2025. 700 cases made. |