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Scarecrow, Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford, 2023

Red Wine from California, United States
by Scarecrow
$899.99
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At the heart of this Rutherford estate sit roughly two acres of Cabernet planted in 1945 on phylloxera-resistant St. George rootstock, among the oldest surviving Cabernet vines in Napa Valley and still dry-farmed. The land was bought in 1943 by MGM executive J.J. Cohn, who planted Cabernet at the urging of his neighbor John Daniel Jr. of Inglenook; for decades the fruit went to Inglenook, Robert Mondavi and Opus One. When Francis Ford Coppola acquired most of the property in 2002, Cohn's grandson Bret Lopez and Mimi DeBlasio kept the buildings and the old vines, and named the wine Scarecrow after the character from Cohn's studio's most famous film. Celia Welch made the debut 2003 and has guided every vintage since. This is the flagship, built from the finest lots of the year, and it is textbook Rutherford Cabernet: dense, dusty-tannined and perfumed. Production is small and sold almost entirely through a mailing list with a multi-year wait.

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Antonio Galloni

98 points

"The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is a total stunner. Deep and vertical in build, this is going to need many years to be at its most expressive. Iron, chalk, mint, blood orange, espresso, licorice and pomegranate are all seamless in the glass. Potent tannins kick off the mid-palate and finish." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

100 points

"The 100% Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 Scarecrow is one for the ages, built around a core of dry-farmed vines planted in 1945. Slightly herbal nuances weave in and out of perfectly ripened black cherries, underscored by hints of crushed stone. And while the wine is full-bodied, creamy and seductive, it offers incredible opulence without any sense of heaviness, supported effortlessly by fine-grained tannins. Hints of licorice, mocha and black olives on the finish only add to the web of complex flavors and textures, punctuated by tremendous length." —Joe Czerwinski

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Perfect Pairings

Dry-aged ribeye, rack of lamb with rosemary, red-wine-braised short ribs, mushroom-heavy dishes, aged hard cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Blackcurrant and dark plum with cedar, cocoa and the dusty earth note Rutherford is known for. Full-bodied and deeply concentrated, with fine-grained tannins and a long finish. Built for the cellar; give it a long decant if you open it young.

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