Cote Bonneville Dubrul Vineyard Red Blend 2006

Professional Ratings

• 96 Wine Enthusiast
  This is two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and one-third Merlot, all sourced from the estate's DuBrul vineyard. It's drinking quite well, though clearly heading into secondary fruit flavors that reflect its ongoing maturation. Cherries, plums and cassis fruits mingle, along with silky, polished tannins. Though it can be cellared indefinitely, it may be at its most delicious drinking peak currently.
• 95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Next up in the vertical comes the 2006 DuBrul Vineyard with its balanced, layered and dusty floral essence that floats effortlessly from the glass with soft aromas of dark cherry skin and black plum with hints of sage. Full-bodied on the palate, the wine is precise and offers silky, fine-grained tannins and flavors of sweet dark cherry and dried herbs that dance across the mid-palate and continue to glide through the complex finish. I am struck by how elegantly these wines age.

• 95 Wine Spectator
  Polished, round and focused, with a vibrant feel to the ripe black cherry, cassis, peach, herb and tar flavors, hinting at cocoa and spice as it all lingers harmoniously against velvety tannins. This has power but also refinement. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.