Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 750ml

Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California

Notes from the Winemaker

Luxuriously dark and concentrated, this wine displays alluring aromas of cassis, dark cherry, spiced plum, chocolate, and sweet baking spices, with hints of toasted oak, cardamom, clove, and vanilla from French oak aging. On the palate, this wine is voluptuously full bodied, with a lavish structure and supple tannins framing the ripe dark berry and blackcurrant flavors. As it glides to a long resonant finish, sophisticated hints of espresso, cedar cigar box, anise, and fresh herbs emerge, adding nuance and depth.

Blend: 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Malbec, 3% Merlot

Reviews and Accolades

96 Points/Decanter
So youthful, with heady violets, pure blue fruit complemented by kirsch, and creme de cassis on the nose, and a balanced freshness nuanced by alluring toasty oak, espresso bean and vanillin. Full-bodied with blackberry, black cherry, spiced plums and plenty of fragrant, classic Pritchard Hill garrigue laced with a kind of cast iron pan minerality. Chocolatey tannins are velvety with a buoyancy and are nicely integrated. 3% Merlot rounds out the blend. It's worth having several bottles to experience now and over the next few decades.

95 Points/James Suckling
This is very complex, with blackcurrants, tobacco and cedar. Some sandalwood and terra-cotta, too. Medium-to full-bodied with ultra-fine tannins that are creamy-textured and so long and pure. Attractive and complex. 77% cabernet sauvignon with petit verdot, malbec and merlot. So good now to drink, but will age beautifully. Drink or hold.

94 Points/Jeb Dunnuck
Always a smoking value that readers shouldn't miss, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature sports a dense purple color to go with beautiful cassis and blueberry-like fruits as well as bouquet garni, spice, and obvious, rocky mineral-like aromas and flavors. Rich and medium to full-bodied, with notable structure and good acidity, it's going to keep for two decades in cold cellars. It's a candidate for the best Napa Cabernet under $100. Best After 2022

93 Points/Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature is a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Malbec and 3% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps with open-knit notes of warm cassis and plum preserves, plus hints of tobacco leaf, bouquet garni and cedar chest. The medium to full-bodied palate is firm and crunchy with bags of bright fruit and a grainy texture, finishing lifted.