1999 | Seavey Vineyard | Cabernet Sauvignon

Red Wine: 1999 | Seavey Vineyard | Cabernet Sauvignon

Expect flavours of blackcurrant, plum and black cherry, with hints of chocolate, liquorice and sweet spices. The tannins are now well-integrated, and the wine is in a good drinking window, providing an elegant and balanced experience.

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Producer: Seavey Vineyard

Ratings: WA | 91 JS | 93

Vintage: 1999

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.1%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: United States, California

Expect flavours of blackcurrant, plum and black cherry, with hints of chocolate, liquorice and sweet spices. The tannins are now well-integrated, and the wine is in a good drinking window, providing an elegant and balanced experience.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon (a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, and 3% Merlot; 1,400 cases) possesses an opaque purple color, loads of tannin, and a big, structured, beefy style with intense, concentrated, highly extracted black fruits intermixed with cedar, plum, coffee, and leather characteristics. Although not the most succulent Seavey Cabernet, and less successful than such vintages as 1997, 1995, and 1994, it is loaded, and the tannin is not excessive when compared to the fruit level. However, patience will be required.

• James Suckling: Dark, rich and concentrated, with beautifully defined and ripe black cherry and blackberry fruit. Gains intensity and shows a firm wall of tannins on the finish, but they’re ripe and plush, letting the fruit push forward. Needs cellaring.

Producer Information

Seavey Vineyard is a wine producer based in St Helena, in California’s Napa Valley. The estate is most recognized for its portfolio of Cabernet Sauvignon wines, but it is also known for its small selection of varietal wines made from Chardonnay and Merlot. The estate dates back to the late 1800s, when it was founded by Charles Volper and Georges Crochat. The estate’s 158 hectares (143 acres) of vineyards were abandoned upon their deaths in 1892, and converted into ranch land. In 1979, the vineyards were revived with the arrival of William and Mary Seavey. After converting the original stone dairy to a winery in 1989, the Seavey Vineyard estate released its inaugural vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay the following year. The flagship of the Seavey wine portfolio is the Founder’s Reserve, a varietal Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from a single vineyard within the estate. Each block of this vineyard is vinified separately in the winery. It spends 20 months barrel-aging in up to 70-percent new French oak prior to bottling and it will happily cellar for over a decade. The remaining portfolio is sourced entirely from the estate from Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot vineyards. The Seavey library release includes cellar-aged varietals dating back to the inaugural vintage in 1990. Production totals approximately 3000 cases each vintage.