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Dunnuck: "Sexy Oakville Cabernet" from the longtime force behind Spottswoode

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  • 96+ pts Wine Advocate
    96+ pts RPWA
  • 96 pts Vinous
    96 pts Vinous
  • 96 pts Jeb Dunnuck
    96 pts Jeb Dunnuck
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2016 Gallica Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard Oakville 750 ml

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Oakville Grand Cru, Pure and Simple

Some Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons sell themselves. The 2016 Gallica Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville wine is not one of them.

It’s NOT a late-picked showboat designed to win a 100-point score. It’s not from a winery with a packed tasting room. But if you’ve ever gotten goosebumps from a graceful bottle of Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon or a great vintage of Dalla Valle Maya—if you’ve ever swooned at the softness and intensity of a great Château Margaux or savored the gravelly power of Château Palmer—this wine will deliver for you.

Rosemary Cakebread is one of Napa’s most accomplished crafters of Cabernet Sauvignon, with over 40 harvests under her belt. She’s one of the reasons Spottswoode Winery—where she made wine for over a decade—enjoys such a stellar reputation.

The Gallica Oakville Cabernet is Cakebread’s passion project. Grown on the iconic Oakville Ranch high in the eastern part of the AVA, it shows what one of Napa’s most experienced winemakers can achieve with fruit from a legendary vineyard and one of the great vintages of all time.

Cakebread harvested in September, which enabled her to capture wonderfully fresh fruit in this wine. It’s why it scored an impressive trifecta of 96-point scores from Wine Advocate, Vinous, and Jeb Dunnuck, who were moved to call it things like “dense, powerful and voluptuous,” and “concentrated, sexy Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon.”

This is Oakville Grand Cru, pure and simple, and it will deliver perfect enjoyment over the next decade.