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Cade Estate Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
97 Points - limited CADE is Plumpjack's hot new winery on Howell Mountain. Limited. 96 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "Coming from estate fruit on Howell Mountain and made from 88% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% each of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Merlot, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate offers a darker, more mineral-driven style compared to the Napa release. It has beautiful blackcurrant, cassis, forest floor, graphite, and tobacco leaf-like aromas and flavors. Deep, full-bodied, beautifully polished and elegant, it's another remarkable effort from this team. As Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon goes, it's a brilliant value!" 94 points Robert Parker: "The 2017 Cade Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 4% Malbec, 4% Petit Verdot and 4% Merlot, is deep garnet-purple colored and a little closed, slowly giving up warm cassis, blackberry tart and mulberries with touches of spice box, pencil shavings and Marmite toast. The full-bodied palate is firm, grainy and muscular with an earthy expression and just enough freshness, finishing on a lingering mineral note." Brix26 Inside Scoop: PlumpJack's new winery, Cade, is up on Napa Valley's Howell Mountain and is turning out some fantastricly rich mountain Cabernets. On your next visit to the Napa Valley we recommend a visit to taste their wines from the stunning views at the winery.
Ratings on Delectable
Ron R 
Another excellent 17 vintage wine. Cade rarely steps off the reservation.
Another excellent 17 vintage wine. Cade rarely steps off the reservation.
9.4
Adam Kincaid
If you have the opportunity to skimp and not get a magnum, don’t. Always get the magnum. This isn’t ready to drink, not even close. We decanted for an hour and then swirled and swirled to get it right. When we did, it opened up nicely with blueberry and coffee, some blackberry and earth. Strong, chewy tannins, but not unenjoyably so. I’ll be thinking about this big guy for a long time.
If you have the opportunity to skimp and not get a magnum, don’t. Always get the magnum. This isn’t ready to drink, not even close. We decanted for an hour and then swirled and swirled to get it right. When we did, it opened up nicely with blueberry and coffee, some blackberry and earth. Strong, chewy tannins, but not unenjoyably so. I’ll be thinking about this big guy for a long time.
9.2
Chris McClellan
Just a baby…but powerful and bold….great mountain fruit…decanted but wasnt enough…could age for a very long time…
Just a baby…but powerful and bold….great mountain fruit…decanted but wasnt enough…could age for a very long time…
9.2Ron R
We are loving the Cade a little more. Which one do you prefer?
We are loving the Cade a little more. Which one do you prefer?
9.4Ron R
Excellent product coming from a much maligned vintage. Pure excellence in a glass...
Excellent product coming from a much maligned vintage. Pure excellence in a glass...
9.3Ron R
Wifey and Silva were en pointe from the pastry perspective. Happy Xmas, peeps!
Wifey and Silva were en pointe from the pastry perspective. Happy Xmas, peeps!
9.4Ron R
A much maligned vintage, which I personally don’t see in the quality of the wines, especially this. This is big, bold and luscious. Wonderful.
A much maligned vintage, which I personally don’t see in the quality of the wines, especially this. This is big, bold and luscious. Wonderful.
9.4Ron R
This is the big easy... Loving this presentation. Rich, decadent and polished.
This is the big easy... Loving this presentation. Rich, decadent and polished.
9.5
David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
We drove up Howell Mountain to get to Cade two Sundays ago. What we witnessed was a horror show of fire damage. It’s hard to see nature destroyed in such a fashion. What was worse were all the brick chimneys only standing where there were once a home or a winery building. Glass fire note. The fire investigation revealed the fire was started by a Cakebread electric fence short. An additional saddening note is Dolores Cakebread, the co-founder of Cakebread Cellars died shortly after the Glass Fire started. She was 90. No way to know if the stress of the fire factored into her passing. The Howell Mountain was showing better than the Estate...rounder & a touch softer. The tannins were big, grainy, meaty, tarry & dry. This needs another 8 years in bottle to shine. I think at that point, it will push more 94-95. Ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, plum & dark cherries. Showing big wood as well...like sucking on a wood plank. Used dark expresso grounds, leather, graphite, dry tobacco, dry brush, dark chocolate, caramel, dark spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, some black licorice notes. dry, crushed rock powder, dry top soils with fresh, dark, red & purple flowers. The acidity is nicely executed. The finish will take time. It’s good, well balanced but, showing little of the integration I prefer. Photos of; Cade Estate vines, outside patio tasting area, infinity wall and their Estate Cabernet fruit unharvested. Sadly, about 80-85% of the 2020 Napa Valley Cabernet fruit will never see bottling.
We drove up Howell Mountain to get to Cade two Sundays ago. What we witnessed was a horror show of fire damage. It’s hard to see nature destroyed in such a fashion. What was worse were all the brick chimneys only standing where there were once a home or a winery building. Glass fire note. The fire investigation revealed the fire was started by a Cakebread electric fence short. An additional saddening note is Dolores Cakebread, the co-founder of Cakebread Cellars died shortly after the Glass Fire started. She was 90. No way to know if the stress of the fire factored into her passing. The Howell Mountain was showing better than the Estate...rounder & a touch softer. The tannins were big, grainy, meaty, tarry & dry. This needs another 8 years in bottle to shine. I think at that point, it will push more 94-95. Ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, plum & dark cherries. Showing big wood as well...like sucking on a wood plank. Used dark expresso grounds, leather, graphite, dry tobacco, dry brush, dark chocolate, caramel, dark spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, some black licorice notes. dry, crushed rock powder, dry top soils with fresh, dark, red & purple flowers. The acidity is nicely executed. The finish will take time. It’s good, well balanced but, showing little of the integration I prefer. Photos of; Cade Estate vines, outside patio tasting area, infinity wall and their Estate Cabernet fruit unharvested. Sadly, about 80-85% of the 2020 Napa Valley Cabernet fruit will never see bottling.
9.3Ron R
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9.4
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