Barrett & Barrett 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Calistoga, Napa Valley

Item Number: 20444

UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: California
Sub Region: Napa Valley
Appellation/AVA: Calistoga
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2019
Grape(s): 97.5% Cabernet Sauvignon / 2.5% Cabernet Franc
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14.7
Total Acidity: 5.8 g/L
pH: 3.62
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Case Production: 313

Vintage Notes: The 2019 vintage was a temperate year with excellent growing conditions, similar to the previous vintage, 2018. So nice to have 2 ideal growing seasons back to back, with some incredible wines to show for it! We had late spring rain that resulted in large, healthy canopies, and steady growing weather all summer without any major heat or cooling anomalies. This resulted in good crop yields with great color and flavors and supple, seamless tannins. The 2019 vintage is remembered fondly and expected to deliver top-quality expressions of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon both in the near and long-term.

Tasting Notes: The wine is a very dark inky blackberry color, with ripe aromatics of lush berries, elegant dried cherry, currants, black tea, graphite, and a kiss of sweet French Oak. Across the palate, it’s impressively seamless and explosive with pure flavors that mirror the aromas. Gorgeous balance with chewy, integrated tannins and a lengthy evolving finish. It surely will be an excellent wine for cellar aging, though it is also delicious and approachable now. A beautiful example of the highly lauded 2019 vintage that will bring pleasure for many years to come!

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Reviews

The Wine Advocate
Rating: 94 (12/29/2023)
After swooning over the 2018 version, I was entirely prepared to fall in love with the Barretts's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon. Scents of loamy earth, vanilla and black cherries appear on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is supple, almost creamy, then rich, long and velvety on the finish. Somehow, it wasn't as exciting as I was anticipating, but that's what happens sometimes when expectations are high. It's still an excellent wine I'd be very happy to drink.
James Suckling
Rating: 93 (9/13/2023)
Aromas of ripe dark berries, spiced cedar, ground spices, sea shell and cigar box. Full and creamy with velvety tannin structure and succulent dark fruit in the middle. Lingering finish
Jeb Dunnuck
Rating: 97 (12/26/2023)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon brings a touch more intensity, with beautiful black fruits, black olive, iron, and cedar pencil aromatics. It's concentrated, medium to full-bodied, and has riveting purity and precision, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. It's one seriously brilliant Cabernet Sauvignon that readers can drink today or cellar for 2+ decades.