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Unwritten - Cabernet Sauvignon

2021
Blend
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country
USA
Region
California
Appellation
Napa Valley
UPC
0 15643 83136 2
Red Wine
Verified Stock
72646G-21/3PK
Product Ratings
Jeb Dunnuck 97pt

Coming from the Oakville Station and Las Posadas (Howell Mountain) vineyards and all varietal, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley reminds me of a great Pauillac (I wrote Pichon Baron in my notes) and has awesome notes of darker currants, graphite, and leather, with a Pauillac-like lead pencil character that I just love. These carry to a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon offering fabulous purity, fine yet building tannins, integrated acidity, and a great finish.

by Jeb Dunnuck, 2023

Estate

Founded in 2014, Unwritten is a St Helena based boutique winery dedicated to making a complex yet elegant Cabernet Sauvignon, made by the acclaimed winemaker, Mark Porembski, known in Napa Valley for his beautiful portfolio of wines (Anomaly Vineyards, Zeitgeist Cellars). Superb sourcing and careful selection work hand in hand to create an extraordinary wine that seduces the palate both today and 20 years from now. With its first two vintages sold out in a matter of days, Unwritten is turning heads and pleasing palettes in the wine industry. Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley top sites to include Oakville Station (adjacent to To Kalon in Oakville}, Lewelling Ranch in St Helena and a small amount of Cabernet from Howell Mountain. Unwritten was founded on the principal “the truth is in the wine not the words”.

Tasting notes

This vintage in Napa Valley was exquisite. Lower yields and a gorgeous growing season made for wines that are intense and opulent. 2019 Cabernet Sauvignons have the stuffing to age indefinitely but also the fruit and polish to fall in love with now. The 2019 is the boldest vintage of Unwritten Cabernet Sauvignon to date. It is a wave of sensation as you take in the aromas of plum, boysenberry, baking spice and jasmine. A rich and smooth entry leads to heady notes of licorice, matcha, and mahogany. The flow of the wine is both complex and plush. Dusty, almost ethereal, tannins evolve as the wine rolls over your palate, becoming finely pointed accents of wild blackberry flavor. A showstopper from a great vintage. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Oakville Station (adjacent to To Kalon in Oakville}, Lewelling Ranch in St Helena and a small amount of Cabernet from Howell Mountain. Aged 27 months in 100% French Oak, 70% of which is new and 30% that is once-used.