2018 Beau Vigne Cult Cabernet SauvignonVintage: 2018 Region: Napa Valley Country: USA 92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Outer quote mark Composed of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Cult is a blend of both of the estate vineyards: Stags Ridge and Soda Canyon, with 15% blended from Rutherford and Oakville. It was aged in 100% new oak. Deep garnet purple colored, it prances out of the glass with showy black fruit notions of preserved plums, baked

red plum and background notes of coffee and anise

Ridge first purchased grapes from 1972

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and flavor compounds

Soft entrance evolving on a lush but full-bodied midpalate

Pair with seared ribeye with dijon mushroom sauce

African violets

Much of the wine’s intensity derives from vine stress caused by the site’s steep slopes and rocky soils

In the beginning of the 19th Century

A wine for decades of aging

has deep gravel soil

Height: 270 mm