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“This stunning 2009 is one of the finest Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignons ever produced.” Robert Parker

94+pts Parker Under Forty

One Of The Best Cali Cabs At The Price There Is!

Rated by Robert Parker himself, pretty rare these days. This is a wine I have followed for the last five years and for the money California Cabernet does not get better. From spectacular terraced vineyards at a slope of 55 degrees, with different unique soil compositions and sun exposure with each block is made separately. The result is a stunning Cabernet that rivals the best. The vineyard blocks are on Mayacama Mountain at the Napa/Sonoma county line. With the huge 94+pt rating by Parker, priced under forty and his comments that this 2009 Hidden Ridge Ridge Cabernet 55% is, “one of the finest Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignons ever produced.” This wine will sell out!

Robert Parker loves this sonoma cab!

“This stunning 2009 is one of the finest Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignons ever produced.” Robert Parker

It’s not often that the maestro himself reviews the wine, and rarer still to get such a great accolade. We have just received a small allotment of the 2009 Hidden Ridge 55% Slope Cabernet Sauvignon, which scored a 94+ rating from the Wine Advocate.

Steep slopes along the Mayacamas Range …. That’s how the 55% slope name is derived. These terraced vineyard plots are comprised of complex soils and receive eastern, southern and northern exposure as well as cool, early morning breezes from the valley to keep the fruit temperate. It all comes down to the harvested blocks of fruit … each received separate fermentation and elevage (and a lot of patience). Crop yields were very small for this vintage. The pressed fruit macerated on the skins from between 34 to 58 days...unfined, unfiltered, and racked three times during elevage, this vintage spent a good amount of time in 85% new French oak. It is 99% Cabernet with just a touch of Petit Verdot.

The winery calls it “dark & brooding”, but here’s what Parker said about this stunning cab:

“displays notes of licorice, camphor, charcoal, truffles, graphite and cassis. Rich, full-bodied, deeper, longer and more intense than the 2008…Drink over the next 15+years.”

This Cabernet is sure to sell out, so don’t wait!

Parker’s WA: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon 55% Slope (14.9% alcohol) displays notes of licorice, camphor, charcoal, truffles, graphite and cassis. Rich, full-bodied, deeper, longer and more intense than the 2008, this stunning 2009 is one of the finest Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignons ever produced. Drink it over the next 15+ years.

I am not familiar with this terroir, but apparently it is on the Mayacamas Mountain at the Napa/Sonoma county line. There are 21 blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon planted at elevations ranging from 1,200 to 1,700 feet. As one can see from the wine names, this is somewhat like the exercise Schrader does with the different clonal material for the Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard. Here, the winemaker is doing it with degrees of slope.