Bond Vecina Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Available at 4 stores
Ratings on Delectable
Ron R 
Good golly. My palate is shot. But I know great when I taste it.
Good golly. My palate is shot. But I know great when I taste it.
9.7
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Dark ruby-red. Aromas of cassis, black cherry, blackberry, mocha and licorice. Concentrated, dense and fully ripe, conveying a much more pliant texture today than the 2002. But this is also sappy, fine-grained and nicely delineated, with its dark berry and black cherry fruit flavors given shape by a brooding element of savory minerality. Not hugely sweet, though, and clearly less liqueur-like than the 2002. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins that should carry this wine for at least another 15 years. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, June 2020)
Dark ruby-red. Aromas of cassis, black cherry, blackberry, mocha and licorice. Concentrated, dense and fully ripe, conveying a much more pliant texture today than the 2002. But this is also sappy, fine-grained and nicely delineated, with its dark berry and black cherry fruit flavors given shape by a brooding element of savory minerality. Not hugely sweet, though, and clearly less liqueur-like than the 2002. Finishes with substantial dusty tannins that should carry this wine for at least another 15 years. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, June 2020)
9.4Scott Wren
Still tannic. Dark fruit. Deep and dark. I'm looking for the velvet glove and can't find it
Still tannic. Dark fruit. Deep and dark. I'm looking for the velvet glove and can't find it
7.7
Will Phelps
Joseph Phelps Vineyards
2001. Surprisingly thin, probably should have been drunk a few years ago.
2001. Surprisingly thin, probably should have been drunk a few years ago.
8.9
