Kendall Jackson - Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 6x 75cl Bottles

Product Description

This vineyard has sweeping views of Alexander Valley, & its elevation gives the vines cool mornings & milder temperatures at night. The Cabernet here develops elegant, graceful aromas & flavors, with characteristic currant, blackberry & cedar box. Aged 20 months in 96% French oak barrels, 40% new, with a medium to heavy toast finish. This Cabernet Sauvignon release is unusually elegant & graceful. Fragrances of blackberries & violets fill the glass, joined on the mid-palate by rich flavors of currants, blackberries & cedar box. There is a well-balanced acidity on the long finish.
- Randy Ullom, Winemaster 93 points, Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast, June 2010 Beautifully soft & limpid. So pretty & polished now, with ultrafine tannins framing ripe, dry flavors of black & red cherries, currants, chocolate, herbs & smoky sandalwood. Dramatic & opulent, this 100% Cab was aged in 40% new French oak. 90+ points, Robert M. Parker Jr., The Wine Advocate, Feb 2010 The 2007 Highland Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Raptor Peak (an Alexander Valley vineyard) is more feminine, elegant, & restrained, not as powerful & complex as the Trace Ridge, but more of a Margaux-like style of Cabernet Sauvignon, whereas the Trace Ridge more closely resembles a Pauillac/ St.-Estephe style.