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Porthos member feedback on the 2007 Dumas Proprietary Red Cabernet blend ($49) has already been glowing, meaning we’re getting near Last Call on this extremely rare gem (only 3 barrels total! The new Dumas Cabernet has been rated “Classic 95” points and is sourced exclusively from a VERY secret mountaintop vineyard that supplies grapes to one of Napa’s most prized collector wines: (Hint) another “Proprietary Red” that Robert Parker has already rated “Classic 95” points - - details below - - that is scheduled to release for $125 per bottle in a few months. We fell in love with this vineyard’s new 2007 wines and negotiated to bottle an exclusive blend for Porthos members-only at a whopping $75 less per bottle! Order Now.
THE WINE INSIDERS "CLASSIC 95" RATING: “This proprietary blend of Cabernet Sauvignon with a trace of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot features a gorgeously smooth texture rarely achieved in a Cabernet blend in this price range. This new release exhibits aromas of coffee, black cherries and cassis. On the palate, lavender, espresso beans, and blackberry are deftly melded together with a hint of Valrhona chocolate and creamy vanilla oak on the sultry finish that we savored a full 30 seconds. This wine is elegant and complex now yet accessible to enjoy tonight after decanting half hour! We estimate this nectar will peak in balance and flavors in 2012 – 2013. HIGHLY recommended.”
“94 – 96 Point” ROBERT PARKER Rating for the ___________ Proprietary Red Blend 2007: “The 2007 Proprietary Red Wine…exhibits copious quantities of blueberry and blackberry fruit, acacia flowers, smoky oak, and truffles. Boasting awesome intensity, sweet tannins, and an extraordinary fragrance (a characteristic of this luscious vintage), it should turn out to be as good as, perhaps even more accessible than the 2006. It should last for two decades or more. 94 – 96”
RECOMMENDED FOOD PAIRINGS:
Aged cheddar cheese
Duck and wild mushrooms
Grilled Rib eye and roasted potatoes
WHY DUMAS?
Alexandre Dumas penned the Three Musketeers novel featuring Aramos, Athos, and Porthos, the fun-loving, wine-drinking Musketeer! |
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