The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa looks to be one of the finest wines made by the winemaking team of proprietor Justin Meyer and winemaker/viticulturist Daniel Baron. The 1997 Napa is an impressive effort. A blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest 5% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this wine has a flamboyant nose of fruitcake, licorice, Asian spice, black currants, and toasty wood. Deep, opulent, viscous, intense, chewy, and thick, it is a classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon made in an all-American oak lovers' style. It should drink well for 12-15 years. (Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate#132, December 2000, 94 Pts)
The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa (93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot) is aromatically. Rich in the mouth, with a sweet inner-core of black currants, kirsch, spice box, fruit cake, and cedar characteristics, it is a brawny, viscous effort with noticeable tannin in the lavishly wooded finish. This is a classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignon made in the distinctive Silver Oak style. (Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate#126, January 2000, 92-94 Pts)
