Description

St. Eden est l'un des vignobles qui se qualifient eux-mêmes de grand cru de Bond Estate, dans le nord de la Napa Valley. Il a tout ce qu'on attend d'un cabernet sauvignon de grande qualité, avec un super équilibre entre acidité, saveur et texture. L'une des caractéristiques les plus marquantes du domaine, c'est sa capacité à évoluer en bouteille au fil des années.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Bond Estate
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2018
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
100% Cabernet sauvignon
Origine
Napa Valley

Dégustation

Nez
Arômes de cassis mûr et d'herbes provençales.
Bouche
Concentré, enveloppant et ample. Il a des tanins fins, avec des notes herbacées, de cassis et de chocolat noir.
Température de service
On recommande de le servir à 16 °C.
Garde
Jusqu'en 2054 si tu le gardes bien.

Vignoble et élaboration

Description
Vignobles exposés au nord, au nord d'Oakville.
Size
4.5 hectares
Sol
Roche volcanique.

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

A barrel sample, the 2018 St. Eden is deep garnet-purple in color. The nose is a little closed at this nascent stage, offering broody glimpses at blackcurrant jelly, boysenberries and black raspberries before opening out to a spicy undercurrent of cloves, black pepper and cumin seed. The palate is built like a brick house with a solid structure of ripe, grainy tannins and a lively backbone framing the full-bodied, muscular fruit, finishing long and layered.

James Suckling:

Extremely aromatic and energetic with blackberries and essence of currants. Fresh and transparent. Full-bodied with dark fruit and some spice, inkwell and blood. Very structured and tannic, but balanced and polished. Undercurrent of acidity. Contrastive. Better after 2026.

Jeb Dunnuck:

A bonafide smorgasbord-like array of ripe black cherry and blueberry fruits, chocolate, cedar pencil shavings, spice cabinet, and violets emerge from the 2018 St. Eden, a deep, rich, profound 2019 that unquestionably ranks with the top wines in the vintage. With full-bodied richness, it has beautiful mid-palate density and depth of the vintage while staying light on its feet, balanced, and lengthy. The tannins emerge with extended time in the glass, and it will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and no doubt keep for 30 years if stored properly. This comes from a slightly cooler terroir of red, volcanic soils and spent 28 months in roughly 40% to 60% new French oak.