Lithology - Cabernet Sauvignon Bulgheroni Estate 2021 (Pre-arrival)

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"The Lithology wines have always been impressive. These days I see a bit more energy and a bit more focus than in the past. Proprietor Alejandro Bulgheroni sources fruit from a number of Andy Beckstoffer’s top sites and employs several elite consultants, but it is day-to-day winemaker Matt Sands who seems to drive the direction here. The 2021s offer plenty of textural richness, but they aren’t as pushed as they used to be."-Antonio Galloni

"A flagship best barrel selection, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Alejandro Bulgheroni checks in as 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc from a mix of Oakville and St. Helena fruit that spent 22 months in 72% new barrels. It's another inky-hued, glass-staining wine revealing incredible aromatics of pure crème de cassis, black raspberries, flowery incense, new leather, and chocolate. These all carry to a full-bodied, flawlessly balanced, utterly heavenly 2021 that has ripe, polished tannins, no hard edges, incredible purity, and a great, great finish. It needs 4-5 years to show its full potential but will be a 30+ year wine."-Jeb Dunnuck

"The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Alejandro Bulgheroni is a blend of the best barrels in the cellar. In this vintage, it comes across as distinctly floral and lifted, with effusive aromatics to play off a core of bright red/purplish fruit. Rose petal, lavender, sweet spice, new leather and cedar appear later, adding further shades of nuance. A dollop of Cabernet Franc (10%) really marks the wine, in a positive sense."-Antonio Galloni

"Winemaker Matt Sands describes the Alejandro Bulheroni bottling as “the Burgundian expression of Cabernet,” in that it is a blend of the absolute best fruit from each vintage from Napa’s top vineyards—culled together by winemakers Philippe Melka, Michel Rolland, and Matt Sands and is considered the flagship wine of the Lithology estate. It’s beautifully assembled and is entirely an intellectual wine, with heady, complex dark fruit aromas and flavours, long beams of fine tannins and a panoply of intricate nuances. The raw material includes some of the winery’s finest Beckstoffer Vineyard fruit and estate grapes—lots that could easily be blended into the single-vineyard bottlings with the named vineyard on the label. Nevertheless, here it is, and it’s a wine so brazen and structured, so densely compact that it would be a real shame to pop the cork now. I’ll re-taste this barrel sample in the spring of 2024 when it’s had another six months of bottle age, but even then, I expect it to need more time."-Jonathan Cristaldi

  

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97

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100

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98

Price: $450.00

In Mixed Case: $382.50

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Producer	Lithology
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Napa Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2021
Sku	23468
Size	750ml