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Nickel & Nickel De Carle Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Nickel & Nickel De Carle Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

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Blackberry Blackcurrant Cedar Mineral Tobacco

Ribeye off the grill tonight, or a decade from now. Give the young one half an hour in the decanter — cassis, cedar, Rutherford dust.

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THE STORY

About this wine

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a single Rutherford site, the DeCarle Block on the west side, made to show what that ground does. Full-bodied and structured — concentrated black currant, blackberry, and black cherry over cedar, tobacco, and baking spice, with Rutherford's dusty minerality running through, firm but polished tannins and balanced acidity carrying it all.

Nickel & Nickel, founded in 1997 by Far Niente partners, specializes in single-vineyard, single-varietal wines from Napa Valley. The 2023 DeCarle/DeCarle Block Cabernet Sauvignon is a 100% varietal bottling from Rutherford, Napa Valley, made to express the character of its individual site.

Worth knowing

DeCarle Vineyard lies on Rutherford's west side, in the dusty soils associated with the appellation. Nickel & Nickel has been bottling Napa Valley one named site at a time since 1997, and the 2023 release is the DeCarle Block itself, a specific site within that single-vineyard program.

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon 100%

CHARACTERISTICS AND TASTING TIPS OF THE Nickel & Nickel De Carle Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Tasting

Color: Deep and inky, purple-red through the core.
Nose: Chocolaty red and black fruit comes first, black currant and blackberry sitting underneath, rose petal lifting off the top.
Palate: Richly textured, medium- to full-bodied. Juicy black cherry and concentrated dark fruit sit over a mineral core, dusty raspberry-skin tannins gripping the front while riper, velvety tannins fill the middle.

Pairs Beautifully With

A must try with Grilled ribeye and charred lamb chops
A must try with Slow-braised short ribs
A must try with Aged hard cheeses

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Vineyards in Napa Valley, California
USA, NAPA VALLEY
Country
USA
Region
Napa Valley
Color
Red
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol
14.5
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