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    131
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2045
  • Food Pairing

Food Pairing

rib Eye Steaks with Demi-Glace and White Bean Purée

Top vintages From 2005 to 2021

2016 ›  100 Tb
2015 ›  99 Tb
2019 ›  99 Tb
2021 ›  99 Tb
2014 ›  99 Tb
2012 ›  99 Tb
2013 ›  99 Tb
2018 ›  99 Tb
2017 ›  98 Tb
2010 ›  97 Tb
Average 97.98 Tb
Red wine, Dana Helms Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Dana Helms Vineyard Cabernet
Sauvignon 2021, Dana Estates,
Napa Valley, U.S., Red wine
  • Users

    97p
  • Pros

    97p
  • Fine

    98p
  • Users

    97p
  • Pros

    97p
  • Fine

    98p

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The Story

This gently sloping site is relatively cool, and is protected from the intensity of the late afternoon heat during the height of the growing season.  The gravelly loam soils provide excellent drainage and wonderful fruit purity. Helms Vineyard Cabernet displays the classic profile of the Rutherford Bench: dark fruit, richly layered with a touch of spice and earth. The finely grained “dusty” tannins so prevalent in the appellation are integrate...

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Wine Information

Situated on the gravelly benchlands of Rutherford, the Helms Vineyard is Dana’s original single-vineyard site. Planted on well-draining, gravelly loam at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains, it routinely yields wines of supreme elegance, dusty mineral focus, and classical Cabernet architecture. In the historic 2021 vintage, Helms delivered a masterpiece of balance and precision.

The nose is cool, refined, and aromatically complex, opening w...

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Year Price Change
2026 715€ -
2026
715€ -

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Lots of walnuts, herbs, pine needles, and currants with some plums. Oyster shell. Moss. Autumn leaves give this a sweetness. It’s medium to full body with a compacted palate. It is very juicy with a fatness, richness and firmness but then turns soft and decadent. So savory. Spices like nutmeg and light cloves. Makes you want to drink it now but will age beautifully. Best after 2028.

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Origin

St Helena, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

Average

Fake factory

None

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