2013 | Meteor Vineyard | Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Special Family Reserve

Creamy and dense, with plenty of tannic spine in support, Meteor's 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is absolutely gorgeous. Bittersweet chocolate, espresso, menthol, licorice grow as the 2013 saturates every corner of the palate. Exotic spice, flowers, wild cherry, leather and espresso infuse the unctuous, inviting finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Special Family Reserve has a dense, opaque, black/purple color, enormous extract and massive fruit, full-bodied power and stunning purity and depth. Readers are often too young to remember what some of the great classics of the late 1960s and 1970s tasted like, particularly the Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignons of 1968-1974. Well, I bought those wines, and tasting these Meteor Vineyard wines reminded me of their super-richness and almost overwhelming extract and power.
• Vinous: Creamy and dense, with plenty of tannic spine in support, Meteor's 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is absolutely gorgeous. Bittersweet chocolate, espresso, menthol, licorice grow as the 2013 saturates every corner of the palate. Exotic spice, flowers, wild cherry, leather and espresso infuse the unctuous, inviting finish. The 2013 Family Reserve is a big wine, but all of the elements are impeccably balanced.

Producer Information

Meteor Vineyard is a 40 acre site (22 acres planted on site of former pasture land) in the heart of the Coombsville region (located just east of the town of Napa) planted entirely to Cabernet Sauvignon on a variety of clones and rootstalks. Even during its early years (10th leaf at the time of our original review) its fruit had already attracted a fine pedigree of Napa winemakers. Winemaker Philippe Melka has used the site for several of his projects; in addition fruit has been used by Etude Winery, Vineyard 29 and Favia. Besides being a great area to grow wine grapes this is also a very scenic part of the Coombsville region with views looking down towards the southern end of the valley.This is certainly more of the southern range of Cabernet Sauvignon in the Napa, aside from a few select growers in the Carneros region. Coombsville is among the cooler parts of the valley and is a region strongly influenced by the cooling effects of the San Pablo Bay. During the summer fog often moves up and down this region like waves in the sand, albeit much slower. At night the fog moves in from the south and tends to cover the entire area but then usually burns off by mid to late morning. There can certainly be heat spikes in the southern part of the valley but on the whole this is a fairly stable growing climate that tends to create long hang times with even ripening conditions.

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