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  2001 Seavey Cabernet
 
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750ml Price: $125.00

Composite: 95%CS 5%PV
Produced: 1500 Cases
Alcohol: 14.1%
Oak: 48% New French
Cellaring: 22-27 Years

Wine Details:
 
100% ESTATE GROWN, PRODUCED & BOTTLED - NAPA VALLEY AVA

The 2001, Seavey Vineyard’s 12th estate produced Cabernet, is a blend of 95% Cabernet and 5% Petit Verdot grapes that came from vines planted on several different locations of the South-facing hillside vineyard and harvested during the first three weeks of October.  Winemaking style followed classic Bordeaux methods.  Harvested at 25 degrees brix, the juice remained in contact with the skins for almost 28 days.  Following malolactic fermentation, the wine was aged in French oak barrels (48% new oak).  The 2001 Cabernet was bottled on June 19th & 20th, 2003.

Robert M. Parker Jr. describes the wine as “a potential super-star in the making…  It gets my vote as the finest wine made at this estate since the 1997 and it should have the longevity of their monumental 1991.  Sadly, only 1500 cases were produced from a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot.  It should be called a vin de garde (a wine for aging) as it is a tightly knit, powerful, enormously endowed offering with huge tannin, monster extract and rich, intense black currant, tar, blackberries, loamy soil and licorice flavors.  Closed, broodingly rich and large-scaled, this 2001 possesses nearly unlimited upside potential, but patience will be a virtue. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2028.” Wine Advocate #150.

Stephen Tanzer notes, “Fascinating, super-ripe nose combines plum, iron, leather, mocha, hot rocks, underbrush, licorice and game, plus a light note of raisining fruit.  Then sweet, pliant and generous with exceptional depth of texture.  Very suave, seamless wine, finishing very long and sweet with huge, broad tannins that coat the cheeks and the front teeth.  Seavey’s flagship wine has performed consistently well in my tastings in recent years.”  International Wine Cellar #114.
 
Production Team:
  • Consultant Winemaker: Philippe Melka
  • Winemaker: Matt Reid
  • Vineyard Foreman: Mario Gutierrez