Spottswoode Estate Cabernet 2002 (1.5L)

The Spottswoode Estate Cabernet 2002 combines Californian power and intensity with Bordeaux elegance and refinement. This complex, multilayered Cabernet has all the attributes of great winemaking and great soil too.

Spottswoode Estate (est.1888) is a family run winery renowned for its elegant refined wines and its love of its natural environment. Spottswoode has practiced organic farming since 1985 and has been certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) since 1992. The team have also re-established native grasses on their land, practice ecological insect control, provide nesting boxes for birds, use biodynamics and donate 1% of their annual revenue to support the natural environment.

“The elegance, purity, complexity, and striking beauty of the 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is something to behold. This is a prodigious example of marrying the power and richness of Napa Cabernet with a sense of restraint, elegance, but tremendous, authoritative flavor intensity. As I said last year, if Chateau Margaux were making wine in Napa, this might be what it would taste like. An extraordinary nose of black currants, chocolate, sweet licorice, and a hint of toast jumps from the glass of this wine, which exhibits superb ripeness, an incredibly well-delineated, full-bodied, opulent palate, and good, uplifting acidity and freshness. This is a stunning tour de force in winemaking and ranks as the finest Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon I have ever tasted. It should drink well for 15-20 years.” eRobertParker.com