2019 Chappellet Pritchard Hill

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Robert Parker - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is another wonderfully evocative triumph from this family owned Pritchard Hill pioneer.

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is another wonderfully evocative triumph from this family-owned Pitchard Hill pioneer. Deep garnet-purple colored, it storms out of the glass with profound scents of crème de cassis, blackberry preserves, licorice and mulberries, plus hints of unsmoked cigars, wild sage and tar. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers fantastic intensity and great poise, offering fine-grained, ripe tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and mineral laced.

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Jim Gordon - Wine Enthusiast

An extremely concentrated and well-structured wine, it offers flinty, toasty, tarry aromas, dark chocolate, black currant and espresso flavors on a thick blanket of fine-grained tannins that give a very firm mouthfeel. The wine has the depth and structure to age and improve for decades, as well as the track record to prove it.

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James Suckling

Blackberries, blueberries, black licorice, ink and flowers on the nose. Tar, too. Full-bodied with plush, integrated tannins that are intertwined to pure velvet. The finish goes on and on. Wonderful balance and harmony. 2022 release. So excellent to drink now, but will be even better in 2023 and onwards.

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Jonathan Cristaldi - Decanter

Tasting the 2019 again with Phillip Corralo-Titus and Dominic Chappellet, directly after the 2018 Pritchard Hill Cabernet, revealed how some of Napa's top wines sometimes go through introverted phases. The 2018 was quietly intense with a great deal of restraint, while the 2019 had blossomed since tasting it a year and a half ago and was even more expressive on the nose with perfectly delineated violets, chocolate, dried herbs, and iron-like earthy minerals nuanced by coffee and caramel-kissed cedarwood. Full-bodied with very fine, compact, tight-grained tannins that build in stature on the full-bodied palate. The dark, ripe black fruit is laced with salty iron-clad minerality, complemented by savoury bay laurel and sage through the lengthy finish. Possesses the coiled-up freshness of the vintage. The Pritchard Hill wines are the best lots from the estate. Director of winemaking Phillip Corralo-Titus and his team begin tasting lots in March after each harvest, zeroing in on lots with perfect levels of colour, tannin, and complex anthocyanins. One point of evolution in the flagship Pritchard Hill Cabernet wines is that since 2018, Malbec or Cabernet Franc have yet to make the final cut.

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Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is a potent, massively tannic wine. Black fruit, graphite, licorice, spice, menthol, chocolate and dried herbs abound. A huge, tannic beast, the 2019 is all brawn today and not terribly finessed. This is not a particularly distinguished vintage for Chappellet's flagship.