Meteor Vineyard Perseid Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2011
California · Napa Valley · Cabernet Sauvignon · red
About this wine
Sell out alert!!! 2012 flew out the door, but how about the 2011, 93 POINT, single vineyard Coombsville Cab at a neck-snapping 73+% OFF!!! This teenager sure can ROCK!!! 2011!!! My all-time favorite, sleeper Napa vintage, that decades later is still jamming its size 13 boot into the mouth of many a critic and naysayer – embodied here in the penultimate cosmic PAYBACK…METEOR’s Perseid Cabernet is BACK! Illuminating the not-quite sacred halls of the Last Bottle universe like the actual Perseid meteor shower in a dimly-lit desert – this is a CLASSIC Coombsville Cab to its very core. The cool vintage showcases blue fruits and wild herbs, with a savory, meaty, and mineral edge that makes this deliciously old-school. If you’ve experienced Mayacamas Cab from the 60s or 70s, or even Corison’s Kronos Cab from cool Napa vintages like 2005 – you’re in the ballpark – and if you love Bordeaux down to the very fiber of your being…here…you…GO!!! “Intense, layered and expressive, the 2011 stands out for its balance, personality and class.” – Antonio Galloni A staggering $136 OFF the current retail pricing, for one KILLER Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon with PERFECT provenance – aged for a prime 14 years and drinking better than EVER! Winemakers Bill and Dawnine Dyer (local Napa legends) crafted every bottle of Meteor in its history, working alongside legendary vineyard manager Mike Wolf (Harlan, Bond, too many to name here…) to help solidify Coombsville’s reputation as one of the TOP Cabernet spots in all of Napa. The Perseid vineyard didn’t hold it all back for themself, either – and the fruit stars in a myriad of wines from many of Napa’s best – like Andy Erickson, Tony Soter, Philippe Melka, and MORE! You saw the whole 73+% OFF part, right? Welp, what are you waiting for? Blueberries, and raspberries, with graphite, and lavender, and cocoa-dusted black cherries…and we’re just getting warmed up! The iron and smoky meatiness build in the mid-palate, before waves of cranberry, and black tea, smoldering sage, and crushed mulberries leave you in a benevolent stupor of aimless musings. Was there ever a “Ville” that Coombs had at its heart? Who was this son of Perseus, and why does he get the most consistently awe-inspiring meteor shower in the world named after him? And am I really about to save almost 140 Big Ones on EVERY single bottle of perfectly aged Cabernet I load up into my cart and buy?!?! I may not have the first two answers…but to the last query…YES!!! METEOR for the win! Load up while it lasts!
Wine details
- Producer
- Meteor
- Vintage
- 2011
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Blend
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Color
- red
- Winemaker
- Dwanine Dyer
- Alcohol
- 13.7
- Last Bottle price
- $49
- Retail price (estimate)
- $185
- Wine-Searcher average
- $185
- CellarTracker score
- 92.3 (28 reviews)