2014 Futo, 5500 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Case of 6 btls
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98JS97AG
Critic key
AG = Antonio GalloniJS = James Suckling
- Rating
- JS98/AG97
- Producer
- Futo
- Vintage
- 2014
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Stags Leap District
- Country
- United States
- Grape Varietal
- 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot
- Format
- Case
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
JS98 "Spectacular aromas of blackcurrants and flowers such as violets. Bark and tea. Full body and firm and silky tannins. Excellent structure. Minerals, stones and plenty of cement character. Very long and intense. Better in 2020, but already great." JS May 2015
AG97 "The 2014 5500 emerges from Tom Futo's home ranch in Stags Leap. Silky and aromatic in the glass, the 2014 shows the more refined side of the year in its mid-weight personality. Like all these wines, it has aged in style. Today, I see a much more delicate, nuanced wine than at the outset. Blueish fruits, licorice, bittersweet chocolate, espresso, lavender and clove fill out the layers. Oak signatures are strong, and yet the 2014 has aged impeccably. (Drink between 2024-2032)" AG for VM Jan 2025
Robert Parker writes, "Kansas native Tom Futo is about as meticulous a wine producer as one can find. His Oakville estate, sitting between 215 and 500 feet in elevation, just below the Bond winery and Harlan vineyard, is composed mostly of sandstone and shale. It is broken up into six separate vineyard sites, with 25 vineyard blocks. His most recent acquisition is the 5500 Estate in the southeast corner of the Stags Leap District, which had once been a rock quarry.
Mark Aubert was the first winemaker Futo employed, but when he left to start his own estate further north in Napa, he was replaced by the brilliant Jason Exposto, who has done an exceptional job. Viticultural work remains under the direction of the superstar of top vineyards, David Abreu. It is amazing when you consider how great the wines are that Futo wines really began when the original seven-acre Oakville property was purchased in 2002, followed by the completion of the winery in 2008 and the later purchase of the nine-acre Stags Leap vineyard. They haven’t yet been doing this for a decade, but Futo is already one of the superstars in a competitive and formidable lineup of top wineries in Napa Valley. His winemaking is classic in style, and all his wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered." Published: Oct 28, 2016
AG97 "The 2014 5500 emerges from Tom Futo's home ranch in Stags Leap. Silky and aromatic in the glass, the 2014 shows the more refined side of the year in its mid-weight personality. Like all these wines, it has aged in style. Today, I see a much more delicate, nuanced wine than at the outset. Blueish fruits, licorice, bittersweet chocolate, espresso, lavender and clove fill out the layers. Oak signatures are strong, and yet the 2014 has aged impeccably. (Drink between 2024-2032)" AG for VM Jan 2025
Robert Parker writes, "Kansas native Tom Futo is about as meticulous a wine producer as one can find. His Oakville estate, sitting between 215 and 500 feet in elevation, just below the Bond winery and Harlan vineyard, is composed mostly of sandstone and shale. It is broken up into six separate vineyard sites, with 25 vineyard blocks. His most recent acquisition is the 5500 Estate in the southeast corner of the Stags Leap District, which had once been a rock quarry.
Mark Aubert was the first winemaker Futo employed, but when he left to start his own estate further north in Napa, he was replaced by the brilliant Jason Exposto, who has done an exceptional job. Viticultural work remains under the direction of the superstar of top vineyards, David Abreu. It is amazing when you consider how great the wines are that Futo wines really began when the original seven-acre Oakville property was purchased in 2002, followed by the completion of the winery in 2008 and the later purchase of the nine-acre Stags Leap vineyard. They haven’t yet been doing this for a decade, but Futo is already one of the superstars in a competitive and formidable lineup of top wineries in Napa Valley. His winemaking is classic in style, and all his wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered." Published: Oct 28, 2016