Zd abacus 3l11/24/2023 ![]() ![]() 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. The current bottling of Abacus XXIII is a masterful blend of 29 vintages of ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (1992-2020).This Halloween, if you really want to blow minds and scare money out of your wallet or purse, consider a wine unlike any other. 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 technique of blending a portion of the younger Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon into the solera each year has resulted in a wine of perpetually increasing complexity.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. ![]() Only 15% of the solera was bottled for the first release and the remaining 85% was returned to barrel for another year of aging. It was a blend of seven vintages from 1992-1998 of the Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. The First Bottling of Abacus was released in 1999. Each vintage has been 100% Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon blended from the finest lots of the vintage. ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has been produced every year since 1992. It was here that they came to the idea of combining multiple vintages to create an ultimate level of complexity using a solerastyle blending technique with ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. They had recognized early on at ZD that wines blended from several lots most often surpassed the quality of the individual lots. The idea for Abacus was born late one evening over 20 years ago on a family retreat while siblings Robert and Brett deLeuze were enjoying older vintages of ZD Cabernet Sauvignon. Abacus has maintained its iconic status as one of the most unique, complex, and innovative wines produced today. It is defined by ZD Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. ![]() Winemaker Notes: Abacus, 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 intensity of a younger wine. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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