Chappellet Signature Napa Cabernet – Iconic Napa Cabernet with deep cassis, graphite, and age-worthy structure.
Tasting Panel Review
Rated 97
Nine different Cabernet clones joined forces for the 2022 Signature, a wine designated in what the winery offers only in extraordinary vintages. The final blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, includes Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Merlot in small quantities. Luscious, as expected, a bath of puréed black cherries and milk chocolate match with teeth-coating plum skin tannins. Spiced red tea, Italian herbs, and a trace of cinnamon-cedar are left behind on the long, silky finish.
Decanter Magazine Review
Rated 95
Highly perfumed and scented with some pepper spice, minty menthol aspects, damsons, cherries and blackcurrants. Floral accents too. Grippy in the best way, this captures your attention and doesn’t let it go. Amazing minerality – the salty wet stones linger on the palate with a mineral, saline aspect alongside the blackcurrants and plums. Still quite compact and a touch strict in terms of tannins and spice – vanilla, chocolate and lots of oak but this will settle. Great quality. Owners the Chappellet family with director David Frankie and winemaker Philip Titus. 2% Merlot completes the blend. Drinking Window: 2026-2045.
Chappellet Signature Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Iconic. Powerful. A benchmark mountain?grown Cabernet from one of Napa’s most respected estates.
The 2022 Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon reflects the intensity and purity of fruit grown on Pritchard Hill’s rugged volcanic slopes. Known for producing some of Napa’s most age?worthy wines, this vintage delivers depth, structure, and beautifully integrated mountain tannins.
Key Details
- Producer: Chappellet
- Region: Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley
- Varietal: 82% Cabernet Sauvignon,9% Petit Verdot, 7% Malbec, 2% Merlot
- Style: Full?bodied, structured, mountain Cabernet
- Farming: Sustainably farmed estate vineyards
- ABV: Typically 14.9%
Tasting Notes
- Blackberry, cassis, and dark plum
- Notes of graphite, cocoa, espresso, and warm spice
- Hints of violet, cedar, and volcanic minerality
- Firm, age?worthy tannins with a long, powerful finish
Profile Summary:
Nose: Dark berries, cocoa, cedar, mountain herbs.
Palate: Concentrated black fruit, structured tannins, mineral depth.
Finish: Long, bold, and beautifully layered.
Why You’ll Love It
- Signature expression of Pritchard Hill’s world?class terroir
- Powerful yet polished, with exceptional aging potential
- Crafted by one of Napa’s most respected family estates
- Perfect for collectors and lovers of structured mountain Cabernet
Food Pairing
- Ribeye, tomahawk, or grilled lamb chops
- Short ribs, osso buco, or braised beef
- Black truffle pasta or mushroom ragu
- Aged gouda, cheddar, or firm alpine cheeses
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