Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017

Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017 - Flask Fine Wine & Whisky

Professional Ratings

92

Wine Spectator

“Sleek and focused, featuring loganberry and huckleberry fruit, lined with incense, dried anise and singed mesquite notes. That savory combo runs through the finish, adding texture and contrast to the fruit. Best from 2021 through 2029. 1,589 cases made.”

Highlights

Accentuated with 10% Merlot and matured in 100% new French oak, this 2017 producer top-echelon Cabernet Sauvignon presents concentrated, tightly structured fruit with silky tannins. Aromas and flavors include purple flowers, cherries, cassis, plum, blueberries, cedar, graphite and river-rock minerality, with savory earth, clove, black tea, lavender, tobacco and leather notes and a long, iron-tinged finish.

Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017

Accentuated with 10% Merlot, this wine is classic Larkmead – aromas of purple flowers, cherries, cedar, gravel, and graphite fill the glass.

Critical Acclaim

97 Wine Enthusiast

This is the producer's top-echelon wine, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and matured in 100% new French oak. Savory earth, clove and black tea accent a core of concentrated black cherry, cassis and plum, the two sides of the equation coming together to make for a cohesive, structured and complex whole. Best 2027–2032. 

96 Jeb Dunnuck

Even more expensive, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark is another parcel selection and is all Cabernet brought up in new barrels. It has terrific complexity in its black and blue fruits, lavender, lead pencil shaving, scrub brush, spring flowers, and river rock-like minerality. As with all these wines, it's tight, nicely concentrated, has beautiful depth of fruit, silky tannins, and a great finish. This is classic, almost old school Cabernet done beautifully. Do your best to hide bottles for 5-7 years. 

96 Wine Spectator

This sports bitter orange, red currant and damson plum notes that, though slightly high-pitched, are intense and deep, stitched with a lively savory edge and carried through the finish by a long twang of iron. A wine with tension and cut. Best from 2022 through 2038. 

95 James Suckling

Plenty of blueberries, blackberries and currant bush. Yet, it’s always subtle. Full-to medium-bodied with very velvety tannins that are so polished and refined. Lovely flavors at the end. Needs two or three years to open.

94 Vinous

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark is super-expressive in the glass. Savory and deep, yet also light on its feet, the 2017 has a lot going on. Black cherry, spice, tobacco, leather and cedar add the layers of aromatic nuance to this powerful, brooding Calistoga Cabernet Sauvignon.

Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2017

92 Wine Spectator
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Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Food Pairings
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