2007 Carter Cabernet Sauvignon Revilo Vineyard
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(blended with 5% petit verdot) Bright, deep ruby-red. Cassis, minerals and spices on the nose and palate, along with a whiff of loamy earth. Then juicy and penetrating, with firm acidity serving to intensify the wine's flavors. Not yet complex but already offers considerable sex appeal. Good rising finish. Mark Carter bottles his wines without fining or filtration.
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The 2007s are stunning offerings with the exception of the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Revilo Vineyard, which comes across as tannic, monolithic, closed, and one-dimensional. Carter Cellars is a relatively new operation (it began in the late 1990s) run by Mark Carter and Nils Venge. The wines are made at Venge’s Saddleback Cellars in Oakville with some assistance from Fred Schrader. They have some interesting vineyard sources, including the Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard in Oakville, the Truchard Vineyard in Carneros, the Revilo Vineyard in St. Helena, and the Coliseum Block in Soda Canyon. Tel. (707) 445-0311; Fax (707) 444-8067