3 Cabernet Sauvignons to Try This Season in Napa Valley

Cabernet Season is wrapping up in Napa Valley, a time when select Cabernet Sauvignons have completed their long aging process and become available for tasting. Finding the perfect Cabernet Sauvignon among Napa Valley’s 400+ wineries can be daunting, so we’ve rounded up a few of our favorites of the season.

AXR, AXR Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Located in the heart of St. Helena, AXR provides an exceptional wine tasting experience that will make you feel as if you among friends. Enjoy the handcrafted wines by consulting winemaker, Jean Hoefliger, during the personable, private tour of the pre-prohibition site.

The AXR Napa Valley is their flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, and a true representation of the beauty of Napa Valley. The personality of this wine is the co-existence of power, ripeness, and elegance picked from their best vineyards and barrels to express the true thought and complexity of wine.

We recommend the Vertical Tasting of V Madrone Vineyard. Tour the historic estate in an intimate setting, followed by a seated introspective tasting featuring a vertical of five vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon. Tastings by appointment only. 3199 St. Helena Hwy N, St. Helena

Louis M. Martini, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Louis Martini has been home to critically acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignons for more than 80 years. The winemakers carry on Martini’s legacy, crafting world-class wines that celebrate Cabernet’s enduring combination of power and structure married with elegance, grace, and finesse.

Try their flagship varietal 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, which has deep layers of aromas and flavors of blackberry, blueberry, and black current. Rich and full-bodied, this superbly balanced wine has an expansive mid-palate and a long finish. Tastings by reservations only. 254 Saint Helena Hwy S. St. Helena

HALL, Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon

HALL Wines offers the Ultimate Cabernet Experience, a seated tasting of their most reserved and highest rated wines. Set in the Founder’s Cellar of the historic Bergfield building, learn the techniques that go into crafting these rare and beautiful wines. Enjoy a curated flight of Cabernets, accompanied by a barrel tasting and artisanal cheese accompaniment.

Try the Kathryn Hall Cabernet Sauvignon for a mouth-coating richness and deep, dark earthy cassis flavors. Enticing aromas of sweet dark plum, cocoa powder, and dusty earth are laced with a subtle note of dried mountain sage in this Cabernet. The seamless, supple, opulent palate features decadent dark fruit, a savory umami character and sweet, rich, lengthy tannins of the finish. Reservations are recommended, but not required. 401 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena

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