10/5/2023 0 Comments Zd abacus 3lDracula’s castle might need to rent rooms on AirBNB. Then again, they only produce twelve barrels and it will age forever. The real scary part though, a three bottle pack will burn $1,950 of your hard-earned cash (or get a three liter bottle for $5,250). Days on, it remains just as fresh yet shadowy: trapped in time. Also, this wine does not really evolve open. ![]() One would expect oxidation or sherry-like notes, but ZD has avoided that. It is outstanding stuff (5 of 5). Honestly, do not worry about pairing anything with it. We overuse words like complex or unique with wine. Each vintage, some tired, some hot, some bright, some dark, all call for attention. Twenty four years form a synced cacophony of murmurs and shouts. Intense FLAVORS kick about the palate with twangy orange peel, tart red and yet ripe supple black cherry, lightly toasted cedar, and dried tobacco that last endlessly. The dry PALATE, pings about with brambly acidity, rich, whole-grained tannins, a nearly full body. Ripe blueberry and black cherry liquor get layered into mocha, dried black vanilla bean, and soft caramel. Violets, fresh and dried glow, like the fanciest potpourri imaginable. Intense AROMAS swarm the entire glass bowl and carry skyward. The APPEARANCE looks a clear, medium intense garnet with a seamless bricked edge and doughy legs. So does Abacus time travel or taste like the undead? Today’s XVII’s retains a small portion that original Cabernet grown when Clinton became president, films like Wayne’s World, Aladdin, and Batman Returns graced the cinema, and Euro Disney was built. Like Count Dracula, that old Cabernet will live forever on the blood of the young. Yes, in 1992 ZD decided it would be fun to start a solera program, holding barrels of Cab, bottling some 15%, then topping them off with the next vintage. This one bottle holds twenty four vintages of ZD Reserve Cabernet. If you really want a shocking Cabernet, unleash ZD’s Abacus XVIII Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from its black alligator-skinned, red velvet-lined coffin: ![]() It is outstanding (5 of 5) and could peak in five more years.īut enough dancing around the tombstone. It loves triple creme brie, lean meats, even dark chocolate. The palate feels drier, wooded, grippy, toasty, serious, yet smooth enough. It rings with concentrated red cherry liquor, fresh blackberry, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. If you feel a bit more serious, $210 will buy ZD’s 2013 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It is very good (4 of 5) with years to go. ![]() It feels medium bodied, soft yet brassy, ringing like a small bell with acidity, and mild tannins perfect for grilled chicken with a balsamic glaze, charcuterie. $75 will buy you ZD’s 2013 Cab: a fresh-faced, bright red cherry driven wine with light vanilla, mint, and coconut (thanks to old school American oak). They make great Napa Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but their organic Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Rutherford is top notch. It is made by ZD winery, which has grown for three generations under the deLeuze family. A one-of-a-kind 100% Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that is ready for enjoyment today and will continue to age gracefully for many years to come.This Halloween, if you really want to blow minds and scare money out of your wallet or purse, consider a wine unlike any other. In the spring, ZD’s winemaking team infused the base ‘solera’ (1992-2018 vintages) with a small percentage of the youngest vintage of 2019 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon prior to bottling. Abacus is ever evolving with the depth and complexity of an aged wine combined with the fresh fruit character of a younger wine. The current bottling of Abacus XXIII is a masterful blend of 29 vintages of ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (1992-2020). Hence, there is always a component of young, fruit forward wine available to infuse into the ever-developing Abacus solera. The wine is aged for three years in the barrel which allows access to the young reserve wines as a blending component to Abacus. It is defined by ZD Wines’ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, which has been produced every year since 1992. This multi-vintage blend showcases 29 vintages of ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon dating back to 1992.Ībacus, ZD Wines’ legendary Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, is a multi-vintage blend that artfully expresses the depth and complexity of a well-aged wine, infused with a touch of forward fruit and the intensity of a younger wine. ZD Wines and the deLeuze family are celebrating 53 years of winemaking this fall coinciding with the limited release of the 23rd Bottling of Abacus. The First Bottling of Abacus was released in 1999.
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