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Abreu, Madrona Ranch 2016
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2016 Madrona Ranch is fabulous. Rich, dense and creamy, the 2016 is remarkably finessed from the very first taste. Rose petal, mint, spice, gravel, red cherry and blood orange are some of the many notes that take shape in the glass, but more than anything else the Madrona Ranch is a wine of extraordinary balance and allure. Don't miss it!
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2016 Madrona Ranch is just as memorable today as it was a year ago. Graphite, crushed rocks, menthol, black cherry, and plum are all finely sketched in this super-polished, utterly refined wine from Madrona Ranch. The 2016 is vivid and full of pormise, but it won't be ready to drink anytime soon.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
Graphite, charcoal ember, wild cherry and earthy notes run through Abreu's 2016 Madrona Ranch. Explosive on the palate, the 2016 possesses magnificent depth from the very first taste. In 2016, Madrona Ranch is a wine of verticality and unrestrained power. Readers should not be thinking of opening a bottle before age ten, and even that may not be enough to allow this superb wine to show everything it has.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2016 Madrona Ranch is just as memorable today as it was a year ago. Graphite, crushed rocks, menthol, black cherry, and plum are all finely sketched in this super-polished, utterly refined wine from Madrona Ranch. The 2016 is vivid and full of pormise, but it won't be ready to drink anytime soon.
About the Producer
Abreu's label concentrates exclusively on estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon blends. Distribution is limited and sold primarily to members on their direct mailing list. A number of online retailers offer Abreu Vineyards wine, from unknown sources, with prices ranging from $400 to $800 or more per 750ml. In 1998 wine critic Robert Parker included Abreu in his list of the "most influential wine personalities of the last 20 years".Parker awarded the 1997 Madrona Ranch cabernet a 100-point score, one of only 140 wines in the world to receive the honour. As of the 2013 vintage, Abreu Vineyards holds nine 100-point scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. In the "Judgment of Sauternes" of October 2006, the 1995 vintage Cabernet blend was judged the winner among Cabernet-Merlot blends from Bordeaux and California, 16 each, in a blind tasting arranged by the Grand Jury Européen. The 1999 production was 500 cases (45.000 hL; 1,188.774 U.S. gal). In the late 1990s, Abreu and Forman jointly leased and planted the 20-acre (8.1 ha) Thorevilos Vineyard. They released Abreu's first cabernet from that vineyard in 2000.
