2019 Round Pond Kith & Kin Cabernet Sauvignon NY ITEM

2019 Round Pond Kith & Kin Cabernet Sauvignon

2019 Round Pond Kith & Kin Cabernet Sauvignon Beautifully complex and soft aromatics of violets, cola, ripe fig and plum linger on the nose. The generous entry opens with bright, ripe blackberry and boysenberry, softening through the mid-palate with black cherry, cocoa, and allspice. Notes of licorice and tarragon on the finish lead to fine-grained tannins that effortlessly round this young, yet so approachable Cabernet.

Ripe and lush, but also fresh, with a very enticing beam of loganberry, açaí berry and raspberry fruit flavors driving through, flecked with anise and apple wood accents along the way. There’s focused, juicy energy through the finish. 92pts WS

This wine is a great Cab buy from Napa. This wine covers all the bases, great Winemaker; a sweet spot in Napa and a tremendous value. Round Pond’s wines are made by the brilliant Thomas Rivers Brown. Thomas Rivers Brown is the youngest winemaker to receive two 100-point scores from Robert Parker the same year, both for Schrader Cabernet Sauvignon.  To find the greatest Napa Cabs, follow the greatest Napa Cab winemakers and no one is more hotter right now than Thomas Rivers Brown. Thomas Rivers Brown’s Cabernet’s from Napa are in massive demand. He is the winemaker for Napa’s hottest properties including Schrader, Maybach and Outpost. He has made more 100 point scoring Napa Cabs by Parker and Wine Spectator than any other winemaker in the last five years. The 2019 vintage is a vintage to buy. The Wine Spectator has given the vintage 97pts with excellent structure worthy of the cellar. The vintage is a win.

Today’s wine is the great value from Round Pond, the 2019 Round Pond Cabernet Kith & Kin. Round Pond is in the heart of Rutherford along with neighbors Caymus and Staglin, is one of Rutherford’s finest producers making the Cabernet ‘Kith and Kin” an extraordinary bargain. This is hard core Napa Cabernet! Round Pond is owned by Bob MacDonnell. With Phyloxera ravaging the vineyards in mid-80’s some vineyard owners decided to sell rather than re-plant. One of the properties was in Rutherford in between Beckstoffer’s Georges III vineyard and Caymus and Bob jumped at the chance to own it. Today they are one of the finest producers in Rutherford and with winemaker Rivers Brown, the ‘Kith and Kin’ is one of the greatest bargains you will see in read deal Napa Cab. Kith & Kin is Old English for “Friends and Family” and this is a wine at its price can be enjoyed by all. The wine just scored 92pts by the Wine Spectator making it one of the great hard core real deal Napa Cabs that is one of the finest values we have ever found from Napa in our 25 years.  Enjoy!