Showing items 1
through 8 of
15
La Jota Vineyard 2002 21st Anniversary Release Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- $90
Classic Howell Mountain tannins, powerful and focused, but ripely sweet, frame opulent cherry, cassis, plum sauce and new oak flavors, and for all that, there’s a crisp edge of acidity that makes everything clean and bright. Drink now through 2012.
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
La Jota Vineyard 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- $50
Classic Napa mountain Cab, intensely concentrated in fruit, richly tannic, and dry, and of course, such a wine needs and deserves the new oak they lavished on it. Flavors and structure perfectly balance, with massive cherry pie, cassis and mocha flavors meshing with sweetly ripe tannins and rich barrel notes of vanilla and char. This is a dramatic, complex young…
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
La Jota Vineyard 2006 Cabernet Franc (Napa Valley)
- $60
A very nice, dry Cab Franc that shows real elegance and sophistication. The tannins are rather fierce, with a sandpapery astringency, and the wine shows a deep, pure core of red and black cherries. Delicious and complex, but those tannins need rich fare for balance. Lamb comes to mind.
— S.H.
(3/1/2010)
La Jota Vineyard 2006 Heritage Release Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- Online Exclusive
- $90
Fat, fleshy and ripe, showing masses of blackberry nectar, smoky-sweet new oak, vanilla, cocoa and Asian spices that are delivered with pinpoint focus and depth. Crisp acidity gives it a fresh, clean feel. Flamboyant and impressive now for its sheer opulence, but those Howell Mountain tannins give it the room to gain bottle complexity through at least 2018.
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
La Jota Vineyard 2004 *Barrel Sample* Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
Gorgeous aromas of blackberry tart, vanilla and oak lead to strong, rich fruity flavors of cherries and blackberries. So ripe, it finishes almost sweet. Rich in tannins, and compelling for its depth and harmony.
— S.H.
(8/1/2004)
La Jota Vineyard 2001 Anniversary Release Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- $93
La Jota set out to make a great wine for their 20th, and lucky for them they ran into such a vintage. If it’s less dense than the finest 2001s, it’s still a great one. As flavorful as sweet Napa black currants get, and those Howell tannins are the structure that will let this wine develop through 2010.
— S.H.
(10/1/2004)
La Jota Vineyard 2002 Estate Cabernet Franc (Howell Mountain)
- Online Exclusive
- $60
It’s the essence of cherries in this dry, intensely structured mountain wine. They blended it with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon to add tannic structure, but the cherry pie filling shines through, accented by two-thirds new French oak, which adds vanilla and sweet woody char. At nearly five years of age, the wine now has a soft, delicious dynamism that’s best now and for…
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
La Jota Vineyard 2002 Porcini Hill Cabernet Sauvignon (Yountville)
- $40
This is just coming into its own. It’s still pretty tight and astringent in tannins, but has a major league core of cherry and blackberry fruit, and feels elegant and complex. As balanced as it is, it should continue to develop for six to eight more years.
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
Showing items 1
through 8 of
15
advertisement
What We're Tasting
2009 Occasio
Occasio has made a restrained and elegant Cabernet, alluring in its cola…
Facebook Activity
advertisement
Twitter Activity