94 Points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Cru St. Helena (94% Cabernet Sauvignon along with tiny portions of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, and Petit Verdot) has the vintage s purity and freshness, with beautiful and classic darker currant fruits as well as notes of scorched earth, graphite, spicy oak, and some undeniable minerality. It's medium to full-bodied, has ripe, integrated tannins, and a great finish.
 
93 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The delicious 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Cru is a terrific introduction to the Vineyard 29 style, plus it's reasonably priced and should be at least somewhat available, as 4,600 cases were produced. Black cherries, cassis and dusty earth notes mark the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is smooth, velvety and supple. It even adds hints of chocolate cake and black olives on the finish, each balancing out the other and providing additional complexity.
 
Winemaker Notes
Enticing aromas of bing cherry, dried lavender and roasted co ee beans awake the senses and set the stage for a full throttled palate of ripe blackberry and both red and black cherries. An undercurrent of seamlessly integrated oak shows itself with notes of cedar, all spice and sandalwood and adds to the fresh, lifted avor pro le that carries all the way through the lengthy nish. Amazing energy and verge, this wine is structured to age for decades but also quite drinkable upon release. CRU is always crafted with meticulous attention to detail in Vineyard 29’s gravity ow facility, which assures that each vintage is showing beautifully right out of the gates