94 Points Wine Independent:
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate has 6% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, and 1% Merlot in the blend. Deep garnet-purple in color, it leaps with notions of kirsch, wild blueberries, and blackcurrant jelly giving way to nuances of red roses, underbrush, and fried herbs. The full-bodied palate is laden with densely packed black fruit layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing with a real skip in its step.
93 Points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain comes almost all from the estate on Howell Mountain and is 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, and the rest Merlot. It has classic Howell Mountain style in its ripe blue fruits, violets, iron, and bouquet garni-like aromatics, and its medium to full-bodied, with a rich, mouth-filling texture and outstanding length. It has another 15 years of prime drinking ahead of it.
Winemaker Notes
The 2021 CADE Estate Cabernet Sauvignon has beautiful aromas of cherry, raspberry, cranberry, cocoa nibs, baked red delicious apples, dark chocolate, and roasted coffee. In the palate are flavors of rhubarb pie, cinnamon, clove, red cherry, and boysenberry. The wine has that classic Howell Mountain structure with great density and length in the palate. The 2021 vintage was warm and early but produced wines with great length, texture, bountiful fruit, and elegance.
