Nickel & Nickel C.C. Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 750ml

Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California

Notes from the Winemaker

Classic Rutherford character radiates in the Nickel & Nickel C.C. Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon—ripe blackcurrant and plum layered with dried herbs, violets, and cocoa. Broad and expressive on the palate, it balances dark chocolate, graphite, and sweet tobacco with finely grained “dusty” tannins. Powerful yet graceful, it lingers with a long, savory finish.

Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Reviews and Accolades

97 Points/Tasting Panel
This distinctively fresh wine emits a creamy flow of spiced pomegranate, red tea, and vanilla-coated cherry. Melding with white pepper and hyacinth, focused acidity carries the palate to a high-energy finish.

94 Points/James Suckling
Luscious red currants, potpourri, mulberries, blackberries and spices. The palate is juicy and refined, with a textured mouthfeel and firm tannins leading to a mouthwatering, polished finish. An approachable, floral cabernet.

94 Points/Wine Enthusiast 
Toasty spices, dark cocoa, and violets mingle with blackberry and cherry on the nose of this wine. The palate gives rich, weighty tannin and flavors of black plum, spiced berry coulis, cinnamon, espresso, and grilled bread along a grippy and luscious finish.

93 Points/Jeb Dunnuck
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon C.C. Ranch offers plums, chocolaty herbs, graphite, and loamy earth on the nose. This carries to a medium to full-bodied and concentrated 2023 that has firmer tannins, good balance, and beautiful length. It needs 2-4 years of bottle age but should see its 20th birthday in fine form. It doesn't have the tannin quality of the top releases here, but it's still a beautiful wine. Drink 2027-2045.
Rating: 92+

93 Points/Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From a property just west of Silverado Trail, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon C.C. Ranch features welcoming scents of dusty earth, black cherries and blackberries. It's full-bodied, rich, concentrated and ripe, framed by dusty tannins and bright acidity on the finish.