Highly Recommended! - The Wine Pros - November 2002

Mettler Family Vineyards 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

“Very dark violet, magenta-purple; complex, young, fresh, clean, sweet, bubble gum, floral, violet, perfume, spice, eucalyptus, gobs of ripe fruit, grape, cherry, blackberry, pear aromas with roasted spices and oak vanillin; clean, ripe, sweet, cherry, extracted flavors with some earthiness, cigar box, smoke and charred oak; full body, mouth-filling; balanced, slightly tart with soft, dusty tannins; tannic, flavorful, slightly hot and long finish. 14.6% alcohol. Very much the "fruit bomb" of the flight, with clean, correct varietal aromas and flavors, good balance and plenty of intensity and complexity.”

Other Recommended Cabernets:

Domaine Napa, Napa Valley 2000; ZD Napa Valley 1999; Chappallet Napa Valley ‘Signature’; Cherryblock (Sebastiani) Sonoma Valley 1999; Eberle Paso Robles 1999; Justin Paso Robles 2000; Mayo Sonoma Valley 1999; Raymond Reserve Napa Valley 1999.

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