Soquel Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Partners' Reserve Napa Valley 2017
California · Napa Valley · Cabernet Sauvignon · red
About this wine
You know… there’s a saying in Dutch football “Every disadvantage has its advantages.” (Lordy, I miss Ted Lasso!) Anywho…so you missed our first Soquel Offer. Or maybe, you got some, counted to ten, and realized you should have gotten more so you came back. It’s gone. Extinct. Like the Dodo bird. Tough luck! But…but! What have we here?!?! 93 POINT Napa Valley CABERNET SAUVIGNON, you say? Also at a WHOPPING 64% OFF? The even tinier production, blended by the winery’s founders, to make their favorite, best-of-the-best blend of all their tippy-top best Napa cab sources? YES!!! Do I detect Oakville with that warm, earthy mineral finish? With a soupcon of Rutherford dust for good measure? That exuberant red fruit could be Atlas Peak, but also Saint Helena…hmm. Wherever it hails from, however, they blended it…KNOW THIS! It’s delicious. Not enough for a full offer, but maybe, MAYBE – just enough to satisfy you cab-hungry Last Bottlers that didn’t snatch up any of that 2018. It’s big, it’s rich, and spiced to the max, with the early hints of that extra age – whispers of tobacco, and leather adding the perfect complement of all that red berry and black plum fruit profile, with the luscious mocha and black pepper edge – what a CABERNET! Way Under $50, good people – and I’ll let you in on a little secret…my pick of the two!
Wine details
- Producer
- Soquel
- Vintage
- 2017
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Varietal
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Blend
- 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot
- Color
- red
- Last Bottle price
- $39
- Retail price (estimate)
- $125
- CellarTracker score
- 75 (4 reviews)