DRG Daryl Groom Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley 2014
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Guarantee yourself first dibs of the next vintage (and every vintage thereafter) by popping your name on the reserve list today. There are no tie-ins or commitments, you can take your name off the list at any point. We'll email you a week or two before the wine arrives, then pop your wines in the post (unless you tell us not to). There's absolutely nothing to pay today. You simply settle up when we ship you the wine. Please click here for a full list of FAQS.
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About the wine
The ultimate Alexander Valley Cabernet
- Stunningly elegant Cabernet like this is HARD to come by - Daryl first worked with this terraced hillside vineyard in the early 1990s when he was making expensive Alexander Valley Cab for Geyser Peak.
- Your Angel support means that Daryl could contract this unique vineyard for the long term and get first access to this premium Cab. The whole vineyard grows to his exact specifications and is harvested exactly how he wants to. Your funding lets him do everything he needs in the winery to turn this complex, rich Cabernet into an extra smooth, extra suave treat.
- This is your quintessential Alexander Valley Cabernet (think big price tag Cabs outside of Napa like Silver Oak, Geyser Peak, etc.) so it has power and firmness but it's also silky soft with delicate berry flavors mingled in for good measure.
Best before
Will easily keep for 20 years. Lovely drinking now with food especially for a cabernet with most ideal drinking in 3-5 years where the wine has complexed and softened in bottle but still retains some fresh fruit vibrance.
Serving advice
Serve at room temperature or just below. If drinking soon after purchase best drunk with food. Will not go well with dessert or sweet if drinking young.
Food match
A nice juicy ribeye or lamb loin chops is best but goddamn I love it with a hamburger and pizza too.
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Daryl Groom
- Meet Daryl... a 35-year veteran of the wine biz, credited eight-times as Winemaker of the Year, named by Food & Wine Magazine as one of 11 visionaries to change the world of wine... and oh yes, he served up his wines at the Oscars and Emmys two years in a row! Safe to say, the man's accomplished.
- Working as the senior white and red winemaker at Penfolds, his 1986 Penfolds Grange was arguably one of the top 3 Granges ever made - 98 points from Spectator and Robert Parker. And now that he works for you, he loves showing off wines from Australia and his California home – Sonoma and Russian River Valley.
- Thanks to your funding, Daryl can focus on doing what he loves – making great wine and sharing great wine. And he selects the best barrels he needs and farms to the best quality. "You are a gift from God to a winemaker," he says. "I knew there were Angels in heaven!"
–– "Groom made Penfolds' flagship red, Grange Hermitage, which has become Australia's most collectible wine." --Wine Spectator, on the $500+ Grange
–– "Groom is my choice for Winemaker of the Year " -- LA Times, Dan Berger
–– "Daryl Groom. The human Tornado. " -- Bill Rice, Chicago Tribune
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