- Colour Red
- Producer The Mascot
- Region Napa Valley
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon
- Drinking 2023 - 2043
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
2019 - The Mascot Napa Valley - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer The Mascot
- Region Napa Valley
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon
- Drinking 2023 - 2043
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Later
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Goedhuis, August 2023, Score: 95-97
Deep garnet colour, this 2019 radiates from the glass, lucid and gleaming. The nose is a firework of dark berry fruits with hints of liquorice, violet and menthol. Delicious dark Cabernet Sauvignon flavours of blackcurrant welcome you immediately on the palate which has a soothing velvet texture. This is so supple and so rewardingly approachable, and as you sip it slowly builds in character to show a more serious side. There is restrained muscle and power, highlighting the quality of the origins of the fruit from the very finest locations in the Napa. A joy to taste now giving immediate pleasure, but with such a calibre of high-class fruit that it also has a tremendous long-term future. Drink 2023 – 2043.
Producer
The Mascot
The Mascot tells the story of the evolution of the Harlan family’s wine-growing estates as it is made from the younger Cabernet Sauvignon vines of Harlan Estate, BOND and Promontory. It is an under the radar look into the three estates at a fraction of the price, and a wine of profound beauty and stature in its own right. The winemaking and elevage is done at each individual winery as if that wine were going into the respective Grand Vin (Harlan Estate, Bond or Promontory). Will Harlan then oversees the choosing of the blend from a selection of finished barrels. As such, this wine is not site specific, but more a representation of the family’s philosophy and their interpretation of Napa and its unique vintages. The Mascot is always made in tiny quantities, and in 2017 only 4,200 cases were produced, making this release extremely limited and highly desirable to collectors.Region
Napa Valley
This small town north of San Francisco has grown up to be one of California’s most famous wine regions. It is home to opulent Cabernets and sweetly-spiced Zinfandels, grown across many sub-regions including Stags Leap, Rutherford, Oakville and others. Cooling ocean fogs roll in from the Pacific at night and burn off in the summer sunshine, keeping the region cooler than you would expect for its latitude, and help produce some of the best Californian wines. Napa wines have the concentration and structure to age magnificently.