2007 | Far Niente | Cabernet Sauvignon For Cheap

2007 | Far Niente | Cabernet Sauvignon

Red Wine: 2007 | Far Niente | Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful aromas of currants, mint, and spices follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and a medium finish.

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Producer: Far Niente

Ratings: WA | 93  JS | 90

Vintage: 2007

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: United States, California

Detailed Description

Beautiful aromas of currants, mint, and spices follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and a medium finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The finest Cabernet Sauvignon I have ever tasted from Far Niente may be the 2007 Estate. Its dense purple color is accompanied by fragrant aromatics of creme de cassis, spice box, underbrush, and forest floor. Voluptuously-textured and full-bodied with superb purity and depth as well as a layered, complete finish.

• James Suckling: Beautiful aromas of currants, mint, and spices follow through to a full body, with soft and silky tannins and a medium finish. A little tart on the finish, but fresh and interesting.

Producer Information

Far Niente Winery was established in Napa Valley, California, in 1885 by John Benson. It is a producer of premium Cabernet Sauvignon and one of the most storied California wineries. Benson was the uncle of American impressionist painter Winslow Homer and a “forty-niner” – he travelled to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush that saw a huge influx of people into the region. Benson bought land in Oakville and had a gravity-flow winery built and vineyards planted. The estate was profitable until Prohibition (1920-1933) caused the winery to be abandoned. In 1979 Gil Nickel bought the winery and adjacent vineyards and began to refurbish them. The Benson name was kept until the words “far niente” were found inscribed in stone at the front of the winery – part of the Italian expression il dolce far niente or ‘without a care’. A red wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon and a white wine made from Chardonnay are the only wines produced, and the first vintages (1979, ’80, ’81) were vinified offsite until the restoration was completed in 1982. The winery is now on the National Register for Historic Places. In 1998 a bottle of Far Niente Sweet Muscat from 1886 was discovered in a private California cellar. The bottle looks to be the oldest intact bottle of Californian wine, and the label is believed to have been illustrated by Winslow Homer.