Brendel - Cooper's Reed Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Price: $24.96
| Producer | Brendel |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon & Blends |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 602851 |
| Size | 750ml |
When it comes to an ideal archetype of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley there are only a handful of wineries whose style has stood the test of time avoiding the whims and fickle fashionable trends of the wine world. Heitz Cellars is one of those wineries. Their style has remained that of classicism. They are easily identified as Cabernet Sauvignon but their profile was not one of heavy extraction. Yes, these wines are full boided and dark colored but there’s more to them than crazy tasty fruit up front. They offered a note of savory herb, cedar, leather to compliment the fruit profile.
Leon Brendel owned the first vineyard that Joe Heitz would purchase in the 1950s. To this day the winery continues to dutifully produce this unique, and delicious wine. It is one of the wine geek treasures of the Napa Valley but that is not why I’m writing today. Brendel is a new branch of the Heitz winery operating at a level appropriate for everyday drinking. What’s exciting about the winery is that despite its relatively humble stature in price.
- The wine delivers high quality by sourcing most of their Cabernet Sauvignon from estate vineyards in St. Helena, Calistoga, and Rutherford.
- Brittany Sherwood, the winemaker at Heitz, is also the winemaker at Brendel.
Wine Advocate: 90 Points
The 2019 Cooper's Reed Cabernet Sauvignon includes fruit from young vines and high-vigor sites in St Helena, Rutherford and Calistoga. It's 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and 100% Napa Valley, not always the case for wines in this price range. It's minty, herbal and dusty, with cherries and tobacco joining in. Medium to full-bodied, it's bright, fresh and taut, with a crisp, slightly greenish edge to the long, racy finish. A lighter, more quaffable style of Cabernet Sauvignon, it will be interesting to see how it is accepted by the market.
