2019 Scarlett "Reserve - McGah Family Vineyard" Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
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Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed January 2021The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve has slightly deeper notes of blackcurrants, mulberries, chocolate, toasted spice, and flowery incense. With full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive texture, beautiful tannins, and a great finish, this more opulent, layered, sexy wine is also going to benefit from short-term bottle age and keep for two decades. (JD)
Professional Reviews
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Wine Enthusiast
Very ripe fruit and tempting dark chocolate flavors form a delicious, concentrated core for this full-bodied, rich and velvet-textured wine. Its rounded tannins and inherently luxurious fruit flavors make a delicious combination. (JG)
Staff Reviews
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Review Date: 03/2025
For anyone seeking bold, powerful, full-throttle Napa Cabernet for a price that looks like were back in 1999...you've found it! This is one of the biggest deals of the year so far and I'm still pinching myself a little to check it's real! The Scarlett Reserve Cabernet comes from the Mcgah family's incredible estate located in southern Rutherford, near the Oakville boarder. This stunning estate, just off the Silverado Trail, is surrounded on three sides by Beckstoffer's legendary George III Vineyard (a property originally planted by BV founder Georges de Latour in 1928). This is absolutely prime dirt for growing world-class Cabernet and that's exactly what fills this bottle. The McGah style is not for the faint of heart, this wine is a seriously intense, a powerful wine with massive fruit concentration, lashings of luxurious oak spices, warm dusty earth notes, new leather, and graphite. The reserve bottling gets the very best blocks and very best barrels selected for their explosive flavors and voluptuous texture. At almost $100 off, this is without doubt one of the best offer's in our entire inventory. With 10 years of great drinking ahead of it, don't come up short on this one, it's a home run.
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Aaron Hughes
Review Date: 04/2025Aaron Hughes
There's just gobs of rich and juicy blackberries frontloaded on the nose, this mixed with a little bit of black cherry juice and some dense brushy herbs that have all been coated in that Rutherford dust. The palate is powerful, very dark, and dense. Tar, tobacco and saddle leather dominate on the palate competing with inky black fruit, dried green herbs, and licorice whispers. The firm grip of tannin that softens slowly through the finish, finally giving way to a bit of remaining acidity. The mouthfeel is plush and velvety, with a roundness, despite the slight tannic grip. This is a Cabernet for people who crave their next big, bold and brash encounter in the glass. To tame something like this, you would need a well-marbled steak with some compound butter on top and the fattest potato you can find. It should intimidate you just a little bit.
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Ryan Moses
Review Date: 03/2025Ryan Moses
Impressively aromatic with boysenberry, cedar, vanilla, and black cherries, there's also a subtle note of earthiness that reminds me of standing in the vineyards in Rutherford. On the palate it is at once decadent but serious, rich but refined, with explosive flavors of perfectly ripe cherry, plum, raspberry coulis, and more. The texture is impressive, and a long, fruit driven and mineral tinged finish resolves the fine tannins. This is one where I'd say the original release price clearly is conveyed by the quality in the bottle. Considering the price we're talking about here, there might not be a better buy in luxury Napa Cab on today's market.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends |
| Origin | Napa Valley, California, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1852470 |