Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

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BN#233476

Chimney Rock

Color: Dark red with purple undertones. Aroma: Beautiful dark fruit aromas of blackberry, huckleberry, Vanilla, cedar, black currant, toffee and even a hint of lavender and violets appear in this seductive wine. Taste: The first sip of this wine brought to mind the sense of luxury. Lush, full, round, elegant - with a subversively long finish, it has in body as much to offer as the enigmatic aromas.

Wine Enthusiast

Chimney Rock continues a successful string of vintages with this powerful ’05. It’s a distinguished wine that calls to mind the description of Stags Leap Cabernet as an iron fist in a velvet glove. Rich and full-bodied, it has lush flavors of black currants and smoky new oak. Easy to find, with 28,000 cases produced. Drink now through 2012.

Score: 92. —Steve Heimoff, October 01, 2008.

Wine Spectator

Elegant and supple, showing herb, tobacco and tea-laced currant and black cherry flavors that are complex and well-proportioned, with a long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2013.

Score: 90. —James Laube, June 30, 2008.