11/3/2022 0 Comments 2014 opus one![]() Ageing in French oak barrels (85% new) for 20 months, then 12 months in bottle prior to release. Organic farming methods are used to produce this Cabernet Sauvignon Casey's Lakeview vineyard. ![]() #2014 opus one plusExcellent drainage from the rocky and chalky soils plus plenty of sunlight throughout the day produces wines of bold character with mouth filling flavors. Lakeview Vineyard is the winery’s mid-block vineyard planted to a combination of clone 6 & 337 Cabernet Sauvignon on 101-14 rootstock. It is deep, full-bodied, and again, a masculine style of wine that needs at least 4-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 25 or more years. The Cabernet Sauvignon Casey’s Lakeview is similarly inky bluish/purple to the rim. Tasting like blood, this wine is dense and rich with lots of chocolate, espresso, earth and spice. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #228, December 2016), 90 pts Ripe, medium to full-bodied and luscious, it is a classic to drink over the next 15 or more years. The are some notes of unsmoked cigar and licorice as well. This opaque purple-colored wine has plenty of mulberry and blackcurrant fruit along with hints of blackberries, camphor and incense. "The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet aged 20 months in 86% new French oak, with the typical suspects in terms of cooperage – Darnajou, Taransaud, and Remond.
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