The 2019 Estate Selection is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, and 5% each of Malbec, Petit Verdot and Merlot. It has a deep ruby color and pretty wafts of mint chocolate, thyme, violet, soy sauce and fennel with a core of ripe blackcurrants. The medium-bodied palate is velvety, expansive and seamless with energetic acidity and haunting herbal wafts on the finish. It's a very drinkable style that nonetheless has the potential to develop positively in bottle over the next decade.
96 points, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate (Dec 2022)
Dark boysenberries, elegant purple flowers and a pinch of pepper make for a compelling nose on this blend, which is presented in a restrained rather than bombastic style. The palate is smoothly textured, with just enough bite to balance the rich, creamy flavors of berry, mocha and lightly cracked pepper.
96 points, Matt Kettmann, Wine Enthusiast (Nov 2023)
The 2019 Estate Selection is more of a blend and is based on 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, and 5% each of Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec, all aged in 50% new barrels. It’s a stunner, offering beautiful purity in its cassis, darker cherry, and blackberry-like fruits as well as notes of graphite and chalky minerality. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it’s perfectly balanced, has great tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and outstanding length. Drink it over the coming 10-15 years.
95 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Aug 2022)
The 2019 Estate Selection is one of the most elegant wines I have tasted from Crown Point. The Estate now includes a fair amount of Cabernet, and that comes through in the wine's aromatic lift and freshness. Cedar, mocha, pipe tobacco, menthol and blood orange all play off a core of dark red-toned fruit. I am really looking forward to see how this ages.
94 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Sep 2023)
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