Chappellet, Cabernet Sauvignon Signature

The Drink Business

96 / 100

byColin Haythe8/30/2023

Plump and luxuriant, with damson, plum, red and black cherry fruit. Lithe and tense, quite floral and with a lovely wild herbal element too, a hint of bay leaf. On the palate this is gracious and nicely compact, with a well-defined central spine. This is sweet spiced with quite prominent oak influence. There’s incense, camphor and tar, but also a fresher green peppercorn note. Impressively pure, too, on the long and rolling intensely sapid tannins.

The Wine Independent

93 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe8/21/2023

The 2019 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon is made from 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Malbec, and 3% Merlot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out with bold notions of warm cassis, blackberry preserves, and violets, followed by hints of cinnamon toast and dark chocolate. The full-bodied palate has a firm, grainy texture and plenty of freshness to support the muscular black fruits, finishing long and savory.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

96 / 100

byJane Ansonthe8/1/2023

Heady and ripe, floral and open on the nose with aromas of cedar, sweet strawberries, spiced plum and herbal-edged raspberries. Crisp and juicy, tight and tense - the tannins have a firm aspect to them really giving this a coiled, concentrated, knitted texture and frame where the dark, ripe fruit drives through the centre but there's lots of liquorice, dark chocolate and clove spice giving the angles and nuance, almost overtaking the fruit. Still, it's well constructed, smooth and long with lovely integrity of juiciness. Lots of Petit Verdot character also gives the singularity and signature. A fine wine with lots to like. Stylish, sophisticated and suave. 3% Merlot completes the blend. Winemaker Phillip Corallo-Titus. 3.78pH.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe10/3/2022

Always a smoking value that readers shouldn't miss, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature sports a dense purple color to go with beautiful cassis and blueberry-like fruits as well as bouquet garni, spice, and obvious, rocky mineral-like aromas and flavors. Rich and medium to full-bodied, with notable structure and good acidity, it's going to keep for two decades in cold cellars. It's a candidate for the best Napa Cabernet under $100. 18,000 cases.

Wine Advocate

93 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe12/21/2021

It leaps with open-knit notes of warm cassis and plum preserves, plus hints of tobacco leaf, bouquet garni and cedar chest. The medium to full-bodied palate is firm and crunchy with bags of bright fruit and a grainy texture, finishing lifted.

Jamessuckling.com

95 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe10/31/2021

This is very complex, with blackcurrants, tobacco and cedar. Some sandalwood and terra-cotta, too. Medium-to full-bodied with ultra-fine tannins that are creamy-textured and so long and pure. Attractive and complex.”