WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
Every vintage, our Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon is characterized by complex aromas and supple, layered tannin. The 2023 bottling is beautifully layered, with aromas blackcurrant, freshly turned earth, and cocoa nib. On the palate there is a wash of supple and balanced tannin with notes of dark bark berry, wet stone, violets and a touch of iron. This is a dense yet perfectly balanced wine to enjoy now and over the next 25-30 years.
Blend: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot
TASTING NOTES:
A blend of multiple sites, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Kathryn Hall shows a saturated purple hue and offers smoky red and black fruits, graphite, tobacco, espresso roast, and chocolate. This puppy is full-bodied and has a deep, rich, opulent mouthfeel, remarkable purity, ripe, polished, chalky tannins, and a great finish. It's a powerful blockbuster styled beauty that brings the goods and will drink well over the coming 20-30 years. Drink 2025-2055.
- Jeb Dunnuck, 97 pts.
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Kathryn Hall is a vibrant, energetic wine that very much captures the style of this late-ripening vintage. Blackberry, new leather, lavender and mocha are some of the notes that build in this young, promising Cabernet Sauvignon. I very much admire the wine’s energy. Vineyard sites include Sacrashe, Montagna and Beller.
Range: 92-94
- Vinous, 94 pts.
Black cherries and cassis join on the nose of the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Kathryn Hall, blended of fruit from a few sites and aged 22 months in 70% new French oak. The cedary oak nicely frames the bold fruit, seemingly giving this full-bodied wine needed structure, with some mocha overtones lingering on the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 pts.
Aromas of blackcurrants, blackberries and plums alongside cocoa, spices and cedar. The palate is full-bodied with firmly framed tannins and a generous, dark-fruited finish.
- James Suckling, 91 pts.
