Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon 2015《Terroir Collection - TUS002》
🌍 Region : Rutherford AVA , Napa Valley，California，USA
🍇 Grapes : 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 4.5% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot, 0.5% Malbec
🍷 Alcohol : 14.5%
🌟 Godfather Series director Francis Ford Coppola owned
🌟 Francis - Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Lifetime Achievement Award 2019
🌟 1941 Vintage Wine Spectator 100分, Legend of Napa
🌟 2015 Made by Chateau Margaux winemaker Philippe Bascaules
🌟 Use grapes that remain after the highly selective blending of flagship Rubicon,
a Second wine of Rubicon🌟 2015 Napa great vintage，Wine Advocate vintage chart 97 points
🏅 Vinous 95 points
🏅 James Suckling 94-95 points
🏅 WA 92 points
Inglenook is a historical property in Rutherford, of California's Napa Valley. It was established as a vineyard in 1871 and has been owned by filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola since 1975. Today, it makes a premium range of wines from classic Napa varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Zinfandel.
In 1879, the 31 hectare (78 acre) estate was purchased by Gustave Nieubaum, as well as an adjoining 178 hectare (440 ac) plot of land. Nieubaum continued to expand Inglenook's holdings throughout the end of the 19th Century, and the wine was well-received by the public until the advent of Prohibition in 1919. When the Volstead Act was enacted, Inglenook emptied all of its vats and sold off all the grapes in line with the new laws. In 1933, when the act was repealed, production resumed under the leadership of John Daniel, Jr. with great success – the 1941 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon was one of Wine Spectator's 12 'Wines of the Century' in 1999.
In 1975, Francis Ford Coppola bought 630 hectares (1560 ac) of the estate with the profits from his film "The Godfather". It was named the Nieubaum-Coppola Estate Winery as the purchase did not include the rights to the name Inglenook. The flagship Rubicon wine, a Bordeaux Blend, had its first harvest in 1978 and was released in 1985. In 1995, Coppola purchased the rest of the Inglenook estate, and finally in 2011, acquired the rights to the name Inglenook. Since then, the wines have been produced under this name.
The Rubicon, which is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, is Inglenook's most famous wine. In addition to this, there are a few varietal red wines and Blancaneaux, a Rhone-style white blend of Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier made from a small 2.6 hectare (6.5 ac) plot in the vineyard.
🏅 Vinous 95 points：
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a pretty big wine in this vintage. Then again, that is 2015. Despite its considerable fruit density, the 2015 nevertheless has plenty of tannic heft beneath the fruit. Readers should expect a firm, brawny Rutherford Cabernet that is going to need time to be at its very best. Dark fruit and a virile overall feel give the wine much of its personality. Time in the glass brings out the wine's more floral components and redder tonalities of fruit. It will be interesting to see where the 2015 settles once it fully recovers from its June 2017 bottling.
🏅 James Suckling 94-95 points：
Blackberries and wet earth with hints of peat. Full body, beautiful fruit and hints of chocolate, tar and spices. Lovely length, too. Excellent potential.
🏅 Wine Advocate 92 points：
Blended of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot and 1% Merlot, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple colored and features a boisterous nose of blueberry pie, blackcurrant cordial and Black Forest cake with suggestions of chocolate mint, potpourri, baking spices and cedar chest. Full-bodied and concentrated in the mouth, it has a solid frame of chewy tannins and just enough freshness to lift the densely packed fruit to a long finish. 7,034 cases produced.
