2018 Viader Proprietary Red
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The 2018 Proprietary Red Blend is another impressive wine in the lineup. Based on 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Cabernet Franc, it offers a darker, closed, yet promising bouquet of blackcurrants, chocolate, leafy herbs, and violets. Elegant yet powerful, with full-bodied richness and a terrific mid-palate as well as building tannins, this beautiful 2018 deserves 4-6 years of bottle age and is going to evolve for two decades.
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James Suckling
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A very pretty wine with blackberry, conifer, bark and mushroom aromas and flavors. It’s medium-to full-bodied with layers of pretty fruit and soft tannins. Very nicely crafted for the vintage. Back on form. Try after 2023.
Composed of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Red Blend Viader features a deep garnet-purple color and nose of baked blackberries, blackcurrant pastilles and chocolate-covered cherries with touches of cedar chest, cardamom and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a rock-solid backbone of grainy tannins and tons of freshness, supporting the muscular black and red berry fruit core, finishing with loads of mineral sparks.
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Red
Dry