Nickel & Nickel Branding Iron Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

 
Nickel & Nickel Branding Iron Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
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Category: Red Wine
Varietal:Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California » Napa Valley » Oakville
Producer: Nickel & Nickel
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Nickel & Nickel

The 2008 Branding Iron Cabernet Sauvignon has beautiful, ripe fruit flavors of plush berry and black cherry. Underlying hints of black tea and spice add interest, while the oak offers vanillin and toast. The most striking aspect of this wine is the thickness on the palate, which is a result of the ripe fruit and amazing, fine tannins. This depth of flavor is carried by the wine's classic structure into a long, lasting finish. The tremendous length and layering of flavors is a quality that we associate with this and other west Oakville vineyards.

Wine Advocate

The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Branding Iron Vineyard is one of the more brooding wines in this lineup. Iron, dark cherries, tobacco and incense are some of the nuances that emerge from this taut, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. It shows terrific length and follow-through to the virile, potent finish. This is a decidedly focused, structured wine that needs time for the tannins to start melting away. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2028.

Score: 93. —Antonio Galloni, December 2011.

Wine Enthusiast

This 100% Cabernet is the ripest and sweetest of the winery's 2008 offerings, but it still shows the tannins that are Nickel & Nickel's mark. The vineyard is in west Oakville, and offers that region's superbly lush, delicious blackberry, blueberry and cherry flavors. Those tannins, while firm, are sweetly ripe, giving the wine an oxymoronic soft toughness.

Score: 92. —Steve Heimoff, November 01, 2011.

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