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90-93 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The attractive, lighter-styled 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon offers up hints of red and black fruits, licorice, forest floor and underbrush. It is not herbaceous, but it has nowhere near the weight, richness, staying power or length of the 2009 or 2010. This should turn out to be an attractive 2011 to enjoy over the next 10-12 years. This is the personal project of Napa Valley’s famous wine consultants ...
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The Story
Levy & McClellan is the product of the Robert Levy and Martha McClellan, husband and wife team, who after years of practicing the skills of their shared passion for winemaking at other well known estates, united their individual experiences to an independent endeavor of their own.
The philosophy for LEVY & McCLELLAN is based on the same exciting standards and unyielding dedication that marks all of the wines they make. The grapes come fr...
Wine Information
For the second year in a row we had a solid wet winter and the rains continued into spring and in fact we had a bit of rain even as late as June. Bud beak, however, was normal, with most buds out by the end of the first week of April. With a cooler than normal spring and continued occasional moisture, the time from budbreak to bloom was longer than normal, averaging about 68 days (where normal runs closer to 50 days) reaching full bloom the fi...
