![]() ![]() Intense AROMAS swarm the entire glass bowl and carry skyward. The APPEARANCE looks a clear, medium intense garnet with a seamless bricked edge and doughy legs. So does Abacus time travel or taste like the undead? Today’s XVII’s retains a small portion that original Cabernet grown when Clinton became president, films like Wayne’s World, Aladdin, and Batman Returns graced the cinema, and Euro Disney was built. Like Count Dracula, that old Cabernet will live forever on the blood of the young. Yes, in 1992 ZD decided it would be fun to start a solera program, holding barrels of Cab, bottling some 15%, then topping them off with the next vintage. This one bottle holds twenty four vintages of ZD Reserve Cabernet. If you really want a shocking Cabernet, unleash ZD’s Abacus XVIII Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from its black alligator-skinned, red velvet-lined coffin: It is outstanding (5 of 5) and could peak in five more years.īut enough dancing around the tombstone. It loves triple creme brie, lean meats, even dark chocolate. The palate feels drier, wooded, grippy, toasty, serious, yet smooth enough. It rings with concentrated red cherry liquor, fresh blackberry, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. If you feel a bit more serious, $210 will buy ZD’s 2013 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It is very good (4 of 5) with years to go. It feels medium bodied, soft yet brassy, ringing like a small bell with acidity, and mild tannins perfect for grilled chicken with a balsamic glaze, charcuterie. $75 will buy you ZD’s 2013 Cab: a fresh-faced, bright red cherry driven wine with light vanilla, mint, and coconut (thanks to old school American oak). They make great Napa Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but their organic Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Rutherford is top notch. It is made by ZD winery, which has grown for three generations under the deLeuze family. This Halloween, if you really want to blow minds and scare money out of your wallet or purse, consider a wine unlike any other. ![]()
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