J. Davies Cabernet Sauvignon is the creation of the second generation of the Davies family, the product of an intimate knowledge of a place and of a passion to create a delicious red wine. The wine is named in honor of patriarch Jack L. Davies, who along with his wife, Jamie, revived the Schramsberg property and established the preeminent American sparkling wine house over 50 years ago.
The vineyard blocks, totaling 41 acres, are laid out in three isolated pockets ranging from approximately 550 to 1,000 feet in elevation. They include the two Schram sections, Napa Valley's first hillside vineyards, originally established in 1862 by Jacob Schram. The third piece is the adjacent McEachran parcel, which was first planted by Colin McEachran in 1878 and was purchased by Schramsberg in 1985. These are the southernmost vineyards in the Diamond Mountain District AVA. Flanked by two cool creek canyons (Nash Creek to the north and Ritchie Creek to the south) and surrounded by dense coniferous and deciduous forests, the vines here produce late-ripening, richly concentrated fruit with average yields of just two tons per acre.
ANTONIO GALLONI 93 POINTS - "The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is packed with blue/black fruit, chocolate, spice and licorice. There's gorgeous depth, texture and complexity here. Readers will find plenty to like in this exuberant, dense Cabernet Sauvignon. The Napa Valley bottling is essentially a blend of all the vineyards Davies works with, except for the estate."
The vineyard blocks, totaling 41 acres, are laid out in three isolated pockets ranging from approximately 550 to 1,000 feet in elevation. They include the two Schram sections, Napa Valley's first hillside vineyards, originally established in 1862 by Jacob Schram. The third piece is the adjacent McEachran parcel, which was first planted by Colin McEachran in 1878 and was purchased by Schramsberg in 1985. These are the southernmost vineyards in the Diamond Mountain District AVA. Flanked by two cool creek canyons (Nash Creek to the north and Ritchie Creek to the south) and surrounded by dense coniferous and deciduous forests, the vines here produce late-ripening, richly concentrated fruit with average yields of just two tons per acre.
ANTONIO GALLONI 93 POINTS - "The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is packed with blue/black fruit, chocolate, spice and licorice. There's gorgeous depth, texture and complexity here. Readers will find plenty to like in this exuberant, dense Cabernet Sauvignon. The Napa Valley bottling is essentially a blend of all the vineyards Davies works with, except for the estate."
