2017 Kinsman Eades, Anjea, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA
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This is a single-vineyard wine from Sleeping Lady vineyard, made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (all clone 22). Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Anjea comes charging out of the glass with expressive blackberry pie, warm cassis and wild blueberry notes plus subtle suggestions of grilled meats, yeast extract, truffles and fragrant earth with a waft of cedar chest. Medium-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid foundation of firm, chewy tannins and lovely freshness supporting the muscular, earth-laced fruits, finishing long.
This relatively new project from Nigel Kinsman—the winemaker at Accendo Cellars (Bart and Daphne Araujo’s new winery)—has very recently had to change its name from Kinsman to Kinsman Eades because of a brand name dispute with a non-competing brand. Also tasted but not reviewed were the 2018 barrel sample components. While the 2018 blends haven't been completed yet, the components look incredibly exciting and worth keeping an eye out for!
Drink 2021 - 2037
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate (February 2020)
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Kinsman Eades
Cabernet Sauvignon
The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
It is adaptable to a wide range of soils, although it performs particularly well on well-drained, low-fertile soils. It has small, dusty, black-blue berries with thick skins that produce deeply coloured, full-bodied wines with notable tannins. Its spiritual home is the Médoc and Graves regions of Bordeaux where it thrives on the well-drained gravel-rich soils producing tannic wines with piercing blackcurrant fruits that develop complex cedarwood and cigar box nuances when fully mature.
The grape is widely planted in California where Cabernet Sauvignon based wines are distinguished by their rich mixture of cassis, mint, eucalyptus and vanilla oak. It is planted across Australia and with particular success in Coonawarra where it is suited to the famed Terra Rossa soil. In Italy barrique aged Cabernet Sauvignon is a key component in Super Tuscans such as Tignanello and Sassicaia, either on its own or as part of a blend with Sangiovese.
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This is a single-vineyard wine from Sleeping Lady vineyard, made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (all clone 22). Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Anjea comes charging out of the glass with expressive blackberry pie, warm cassis and wild blueberry notes plus subtle suggestions of grilled meats, yeast extract, truffles and fragrant earth with a waft of cedar chest. Medium-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid foundation of firm, chewy tannins and lovely freshness supporting the muscular, earth-laced fruits, finishing long.
This relatively new project from Nigel Kinsman—the winemaker at Accendo Cellars (Bart and Daphne Araujo’s new winery)—has very recently had to change its name from Kinsman to Kinsman Eades because of a brand name dispute with a non-competing brand. Also tasted but not reviewed were the 2018 barrel sample components. While the 2018 blends haven't been completed yet, the components look incredibly exciting and worth keeping an eye out for!
Drink 2021 - 2037
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate (February 2020)
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