Niebaum-Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 Wine Bar | Beer and profound

and profound

Chardonnay vines at Mohrhardt yield minimal quantities of Old Wente in the form of a few tiny clusters on each vine

The wine sees gentle

with a salty mineral drive running under everything

which makes Le Marquis suppler and more approachable in its youth

Niebaum-Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 Wine Bar | Beer and profoundFrancis Ford Coppola bought the original Niebaum estate the historic Inglenook property in Rutherford in 1975, but he wouldn't be able to reclaim the Inglenook name itself until 2011. In the meantime, the estate's Cabernets bore the Niebaum Coppola label. 1998 was a cooler, more challenging Napa vintage, and rather than release Rubicon that year, the estate bottled its 100% Cabernet under the Cask Cabernet designation a wink to the great mid century