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Coup de Foudre 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $75
This wine is from John Schwartz, who partners with Heidi Peterson Barrett to make Amuse Bouche. For Coup de Foudre, he has paired with Danielle Price, MS, and wine director at Wynn Las Vegas, to produce this stunning Cabernet, which contains 12% Syrah. Grown in a 5-acre Stags Leap District vineyard, it shows stunning levels of blackberry and chocolate fruit…
— S.H.
(5/1/2007)
Coup de Foudre 2006 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $95
A deceptive Pinot. It shows a pale color and a very delicate, silky mouthfeel, but the impact on the palate can only be described as explosive, and the aftertaste is very rich. The flavors of cherries, cotton candy, red raspberries, orange tea, smoky vanilla, cinnamon, cloves and brown sugar are compelling. Best now and through 2010.
— S.H.
(12/1/2008)
Coup de Foudre 2009 37.2 Cuvee Red (Napa Valley)
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- $75
This is a Merlot and Cabernet Franc blend from Calistoga. The wine is made in the Coup de Foudre style, which is soft, sensual and immediately attractive. Shows blueberry, black cherry and dark chocolate flavors, with a deft touch of oak, but also notable tannins. Seems too soft to age, so drink over the next four years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
Coup de Foudre 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $95
Another rich, soft, sensual release from this winery. Cabernet doesn’t get riper than this, showing flashy, decadent blackberry, blueberry and currant flavors, liberally enriched with toasty oak. Seems too sweet and soft for aging, but a flashy wine to drink now.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
Coup de Foudre 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $95
Made in an exceptionally ripe and strongly oaky way, this wine is rather heavy right now. The Cabernet was blended with some Syrah and Petit Verdot grown in a Calistoga vineyard. There’s no questioning the richness, but it’s so ripe that the blackberries veer into dark chocolate and prunes. See what it does over the next eight years.
— S.H.
(3/1/2011)
Coup de Foudre 2008 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
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- $95
There’s so much oak on this Pinot Noir, you might think you were tasting a dessert made with vanilla cream and toasted meringue, like the crust on a baked Alaska. Under all that, loads of ripe raspberries and cherries. Shows the excellent hallmarks of a fine Santa Rita Pinot Noir, but certainly is one of the oakier versions.
— S.H.
(3/1/2011)
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