2015 Ulysses Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Reviewed May 2024Consisting of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, all from Christian Moueix's Oakville site, the 2015 Ulysses Cabernet Sauvignon is an extremely rich wine with both subtlety and compactness. The aromas are beautifully delicate, almost breakable, with black cherry and plums and black and red currants infused with sumptuous tobacco notes, white pepper spices, and cedarwood. Seductive and medium-bodied, the palate shows satiny smooth tannins that are present and perfectly integrated at this point and that builds through a lengthy finish marked by sweet cassis, Bing cherry fruit, and a firm spine of lacy acidity, keeping everything light and refreshing. A fragrant crushed river stone note adds buoyancy as the finish continues to entice. What a wine. (JC)
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James Suckling
Aromas of dark fruit, such as blackberries and black olives, as well as black tea and tanned leather. Raspberries and lemon spices, too. Full-bodied, very tight and polished with beautiful tannins and a weave of fruit and acidity to beautifully buttress the whole wine. Balanced and bright for the vintage. Drink in 2020 and onwards.
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Jane Anson
From the first sip this is silky rich and vibrant, full of dark chocolate and brushed velvet textures of damson and bilberry alongside toasted oak with rosemary and sage spice. There are still a few years ahead before it starts to fully open for drinking, with tight tannins and eucalyptus emphasising its youth right now. 2015 was a short growing season, with a small crop that saw about 30% less yields than the year before, so just 1,000 cases. This is the fourth vintage of Christian Moueix's newest Napa estate (bought in 2008 but with replanting the first vintage was only released in 2012), and the first one where the vines are starting to take on a little age and to respond to the intensive work on the soils. 50% new oak. (for Decanter)
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Jeb Dunnuck
Made by the team at Dominus, yet from a slightly different terroir that’s more draining and slightly lesser density plantings, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. It’s a vibrant, elegant wine that has an exotic character in its blue fruits, gravelly minerality, dried herbs, and savory forest floor aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied, with good concentration and integrated acidity, it needs 3-5 years of bottle age to come together and is a beautiful wine.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends |
| Origin | Napa Valley, California, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1412107 |
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