Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa 2022 - 750ml

95pts Decanter

The 2022 vintage delivers a beautifully elegant yet structured expression. Its medium-bodied presence is framed by a firm backbone of acidity that supports robust, gritty tannins. Though slightly nervy in early 2024, time will bring greater harmony, softening the tannins and allowing the rich, toasty oak spices, clove, and cedarwood to integrate seamlessly. This is undoubtedly a graceful yet powerful wine destined to impress with patience.

92pts James Suckling

This young wine is impressively concentrated, tannic and tight at this stage of its development, but it carries the proper amount of dark fruit, dark chocolate and heady oak spices to gain complexity with age.

92pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

An impressive value for an Oakville AVA Cabernet, Groth's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is a bit reticent and slow out of the chute, but aeration brings out nice aromas of black cherries and subtle cedar notes. A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot, it's medium- to full-bodied but streamlined and silky, showing impressive length and elegance for the vintage. The new-oak component comes in at 45%, imparting just enough structure to ensure a decade's worth of drinkability.

Winemaker Notes

The 2022 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep ruby color and a layered aromatic profile of salted caramel, dark mixed berries, graham cracker, menthol, bittersweet chocolate, cedar, dates, and blueberry. On the palate, tart cherry, light roast coffee, brown sugar, nutmeg, blackberry, structured dusty tannins, tiramisu, cocoa powder, and crushed peppers unfold into a rich, long, and elegant finish. Each lot was hand-harvested and meticulously sorted, with extended fermentation and barrel aging enhancing complexity and structure.

Blend: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot