Cart 1997 Chappellet Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard Napa Valley
Average Price: $145.00 
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| Style: | Red Wine |
| Grape Type: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Region: | Napa |
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9% Petit Verdot; 4% Cabernet Franc. Led by deep, compelling, many-layered aromas of cassis, oak, toast and tea, this complex and eminently well-filled wine wins highest honors for both its unabashed richness and its impression of careful integration. It is fairly full in body with a slightly fleshy feel, intense and lasting flavors of sweet, ripe currants, black cherries and dried roses and a firm structure that commends long, patient keeping despite its plentiful immediate appeal. Cellaring it for some six to ten years would hardly be too much.
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PHEV
By Hotaji, November 15, 2002
Massive stuff with a long way to go before it's ready.
Massive stuff with a long way to go before it's ready.
Nearly Gargantuan
By whiner51, October 22, 2001
This wine needs 1.5 - 2 hours of air in the bottle to show its full force, but once you allow that...WOW! The wine is huge with a multi-layered texture (though not to the extent of '94 Dominus) and ripe, rich fruit with tons of eart and spice. A hint of dry honey is also present. Phenominal and, while $88 can never be considered a good value, relative to the prices for wines like Insignia, Opus, Quintessa, BV Georges de LaTour, Montelena, Silver Oak Napa, the auction prices for Cinq Cepages, etc, this wine is not overpriced.
This wine needs 1.5 - 2 hours of air in the bottle to show its full force, but once you allow that...WOW! The wine is huge with a multi-layered texture (though not to the extent of '94 Dominus) and ripe, rich fruit with tons of eart and spice. A hint of dry honey is also present. Phenominal and, while $88 can never be considered a good value, relative to the prices for wines like Insignia, Opus, Quintessa, BV Georges de LaTour, Montelena, Silver Oak Napa, the auction prices for Cinq Cepages, etc, this wine is not overpriced.
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Average rating: 5.00 (2 ratings) 