2018 Futo, 5500 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Magnum (1.5L)
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99JS98+JD98AG
Critic key
AG = Antonio GalloniJD = Jeb DunnuckJS = James Suckling
- Rating
- JS99/JD98+/AG98
- Producer
- Futo
- Vintage
- 2018
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Product Description
JS99 Aromas of stone, pine needle and bark with blackcurrant and blackberry. Full-bodied with wonderfully concentration, yet it remains so refined and beautiful. So long with incredible forest-floor, light chocolate and wet-earth complexity at the finish. Blend of 92% cabernet sauvignon and 8% merlot. Unfined and unfiltered. So attractive now, but better in 2026.
JD98+ Coming from the cooler Stags Leap region, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon 5500 is one of the more perfumed, complex wines in the lineup, but this is common for wines from this appellation. Based off mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a splash of Merlot, it offers a smorgasbord of red and blue fruits intermixed with notes of spring flowers, spice, loamy earth, cured meats, and cedar. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has terrific overall balance, lots of ripe tannins, and a great, great finish. As with all of these 2018 from the team Futo, it needs bottle age. Give bottles 4-5 years if you can and enjoy over the following 30+.
AG98 The 2018 5500 captures all of the intensity of this great Stags Leap site. Crushed rocks, incense, black cherry, spice, leather and menthol build in a statuesque, deep Cabernet loaded with class and personality.
JD98+ Coming from the cooler Stags Leap region, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon 5500 is one of the more perfumed, complex wines in the lineup, but this is common for wines from this appellation. Based off mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a splash of Merlot, it offers a smorgasbord of red and blue fruits intermixed with notes of spring flowers, spice, loamy earth, cured meats, and cedar. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, it has terrific overall balance, lots of ripe tannins, and a great, great finish. As with all of these 2018 from the team Futo, it needs bottle age. Give bottles 4-5 years if you can and enjoy over the following 30+.
AG98 The 2018 5500 captures all of the intensity of this great Stags Leap site. Crushed rocks, incense, black cherry, spice, leather and menthol build in a statuesque, deep Cabernet loaded with class and personality.