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Krupp Brothers 2006 Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $90
Hugely intense in fruity concentration. Few wines in the world have this size, this ripeness, this dramatic volume. New oak is in keeping with the proportion of fruit, and the tannins are strong and hard, as they tend to be from this vineyard, whichsprawls across Atlas Peak. There seems to be no reason why this Cabernet should not develop over the years. Hold until…
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Krupp Brothers 2006 The Doctor Red (Napa Valley)
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- $75
Napa red wine hardly gets more delicious than this. It’s so soft and velvety, so rich in chocolate, blackberry and smoky oak flavors, that you can’t resist sip after sip. It really defines the modern Napa style. The blend is Tempranillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, and the grapes were grown on the winery’s estate vineyard in the heart of Atlas Peak.
— S.H.
(12/15/2010)
Krupp Brothers 2007 Stagecoach Vineyard Synchrony Red (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $70
The wine tastes and feels important. It has great weight and depth. The tannins are extraordinarily thick, but ripe and smoothly sweet. And then there’s the fruit, a detonation of blackberries, cherries, blueberries and cassis, not to mention the oak, which seems as fine as oak gets. This superb wine seems like an obvious cellar candidate. It should ride out the…
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Krupp Brothers 2007 The Doctor Red (Napa Valley)
- $60
An ambitious blend of Merlot, Tempranillo, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, grown mainly on Atlas Peak. It’s bone dry and locked down in tannins and acidity, offering little relief, but there’s a potent core of blackberries and black currants that yearns to bust through. Clearly well grown, it could be an ager, but predictions are risky.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Krupp Brothers 2006 Stagecoach Vineyard Advocate Red (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $70
This is Krupp’s best wine. Made of an unusual blend of Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot, it’s a classically young Napa Bordeaux blend in need of time in the cellar. Shows tannic flavors of blackberries, currants and cola, with a bone-dry, spicy finish. Hold this rich, vital wine until 2012, and it should provide good drinking for at least six additional years, with…
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
Krupp Brothers 2007 Veraison Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $60
An enormous Cabernet. Explodes with flavors of blackberries, cassis and chocolate, as well as the sweet vanilla and toast from oak barrels. It’s gentle enough to drink now, but isn’t showing much nuance. Give it five or six years in the cellar.
— S.H.
(8/1/2011)
Krupp Brothers 2006 Veraison Stagecoach Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $60
From the vineyard high up on Atlas Peak comes this delicious, well-made wine. At more than four years of age, it’s still fairly tannic, but fresh and accessible in blackberry and cherry fruit. Just beginning to dry out and show mellow bottle age. A lovely, masculine wine that should develop over the next six years.
— S.H.
(2/1/2011)
Krupp Brothers 2006 Stagecoach Vineyard Merlot (Napa Valley)
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- $60
Held back for four years, this Merlot is fully drinkable now. It’s a lush, fancy wine whose rich cherry, currant, cocoa, red licorice, spice and sandalwood flavors are enhanced by finely ground mountain tannins. The vineyard is high up on Atlas Peak.
— S.H.
(2/1/2011)
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