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Colgin Proprietary Red IX Estate 2015  - First Bottle

Reviews

100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
Composed of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot, the 2015 IX Proprietary Red Estate sports a deep garnet-purple color and nose of smoked meat, blackberries and black currants with suggestions of baking spices, dark chocolate, fertile earth, dried Provence herbs, cardamom and lavender plus a touch of cigar box. Full-bodied, rich, firm and restrained, it has a lovely earthy, soft-spoken style at this youthful stage, promising great things to come over the forthcoming 25-30 years.
100 Jeb Dunnuck -
Another perfect wine from this estate is the 2015 IX Estate which is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot. This inky purple-colored beauty has everything: incredible aromatics, huge richness, insane purity, and a singular character that needs to be tasted to be believed. Crème de cassis, blueberries, violets, flowers, and lead pencil shaving-like notes all soar from the glass and it hits the palate with a youthful, full-bodied, beautifully concentrated style that builds incrementally, has fine tannin, and integrated acidity. It needs 4-5 years of bottle age but will keep for 3-4 decades.

Technical Details

  • Blend62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot
  • WinemakerAllison Tauziet
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia North Coast
  • AppellationNapa

Colgin Proprietary Red IX Estate 2015

Cabernet Blends  |  US
WA100, JD100

Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
Another perfect score for the titan of Pritchard Hill! Colgin is on a roll, making some of the best wines in their history. They can do no wrong, especially from their estate vineyard farmed by David Abreu! Our tiny allocation won't last long.

About the Producer

Ann Colgin is the heart of Colgin Cellars, a true renaissance woman and vintner of uncommon passion. Ann founded Colgin Cellars in 1992 with a vision of making the finest wines from exceptional hillside vineyards in St. Helena and was instrumental in forging a world-renowned reputation for California's small production hand-crafted wines. The Colgin winery, completed in 2002, is located at the northern end of IX Estate vineyard on Pritchard Hill. Although within the St. Helena city limits, Pritchard hill is much closer to, and more closely aligned with eastern Oakville, just perched several hundred feet above it to the east. The yields are small on the hill and the wines are concentrated and ageworthy. These are some of the very best examples of mountain Cabernet in the US, hands down.