2020 Favia, Cabernet Sauvignon Coombsville, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)
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97JA96LP
Critic key
LP = Lisa Perrotti-BrownJA = Jane Anson
- Rating
- JA97/LP96
- Producer
- Favia
- Vintage
- 2020
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Coombsville
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
JA97 Intense and concentrated, showcasing the nuanced results of the Erikson's exceptionally intuitive approach to viticulture and winemaking. Layers of velvet tannins capturing the plump cassis and blueberry fruit and setting it against deep slabs of tapenade, graphite, crayon, cloves, tea and black chocolate. Hard to argue with, compelling and just rather delicious - a clear sign that cooler-climate Coombsville is a place to look for in the intense 2020 vintage. 50% new oak. Natural yeasts, low intervention, no filtering or fining.
DR97 Full and alive on the nose, ripe, fragrant and heady, supple and agile, this has energy but is also quite strict with imposing yet fine tannins with pure fruit that makes it lighter and less fleshy than the nose suggests with a juicy, succulent core underneath. This is well sculpted, and although you can feel the 15% alcohol, the acidity gives the expression lift and sense of bold fun. Stunning detail and plenty of fruit that stays the right side of being too ripe with spiced angles and a sense of clear construction and purpose. A lovely chewiness comes towards the end alongside minerality in the soft salty and flinty undercurrent, but there is also some sweet tobacco and sticky black liquorice notes on the final flavour that give contrast and nuance. Winemakers Annie Favia and Andy Erickson.
JS97 Loads of lead-pencil aromas, together with blackcurrant and oyster-shell notes that follow through to a medium to full body with a solid core of fruit and a long finish. It’s tight, with a compact mouth-feel. Give it two or three years. Better after 2025.
DR97 Full and alive on the nose, ripe, fragrant and heady, supple and agile, this has energy but is also quite strict with imposing yet fine tannins with pure fruit that makes it lighter and less fleshy than the nose suggests with a juicy, succulent core underneath. This is well sculpted, and although you can feel the 15% alcohol, the acidity gives the expression lift and sense of bold fun. Stunning detail and plenty of fruit that stays the right side of being too ripe with spiced angles and a sense of clear construction and purpose. A lovely chewiness comes towards the end alongside minerality in the soft salty and flinty undercurrent, but there is also some sweet tobacco and sticky black liquorice notes on the final flavour that give contrast and nuance. Winemakers Annie Favia and Andy Erickson.
JS97 Loads of lead-pencil aromas, together with blackcurrant and oyster-shell notes that follow through to a medium to full body with a solid core of fruit and a long finish. It’s tight, with a compact mouth-feel. Give it two or three years. Better after 2025.