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Description
Chimney Rock Elevage Red: A Napa Valley Bordeaux-style blend, layered with flavors of dark fruits, chocolate, and a hint of cedar.
Critic Ratings
The nose gives aromas of blackberries, mulberries and cedar. The palate is full-bodied with firm tannins and acidity, showing notes of mocha, graphite and spices.
Aside from the Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2022 Elevage is the only blend in the lineup and checks in as 58% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Petit Verdot that spent 18 months in 90% new French oak. It has a juicy, upfront style in its red and black cherry fruit as well as chocolate, spicy oak, and savory herb-driven aromas and flavors. These carry to a medium-bodied blend that has a charming, forward mouthfeel, a nicely balanced style, a kiss of firmer tannins, and outstanding length. It's a spicy, complex effort that will benefit from just a handful of years in the cellar and then be best drunk by 2032.
Chimney Rock's 2022 Elevage Estate Grown is a blend of 58% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot that spent 18 months in 90% new French oak. Scents of hickory smoke and clove lend an almost bacony cast to the ripe black cherry fruit on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is lush and creamy, slightly loosening and becoming less smooth on the softly dusty-velvety finish.
