Ulysses Napa Valley 2021

Ulysses Napa Valley 2021

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  • Vinous rating 96
  • Robert Parker rating 95
Ulysses Napa Valley 2021
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75 cl

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The 2021 Ulysses Napa Valley is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend from the Ulysses Vineyard in Napa Valley, California. It`s known for its powerful, yet elegant style, with a focus on freshness and ripe tannins. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller percentages of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The 2021 vintage is notable for its return to healthy yields after the wildfires of 2020.
96 Vinous
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge, dense wine. Copious dark fruit, menthol, licorice, plum, espresso and spice are amplified in a large-scale, ample Oakville Cabernet. The 2021 is very much a wine of power and structure. Sepia-toned notes lend darkness, while the oak imprint also appears to be quite present at this stage. Even so, the wine exudes balance but in a pretty extroverted style, especially compared to Dominus.Antonio Galloni21st December 2023
95 Robert Parker
There are 1,400 cases of the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, which offers up charming red-fruited notes of cherries and redcurrants, plus some loamy-earth scents. While it comes across a bit more angular and more coarsely textured than its sister wines Dominus or Napanook, it also seems a bit lighter in body despite also weighing in at 15% alcohol. It`s impressively complete and balanced overall, adding savory, mocha-tinged notes on the lingering finish. - Joe Czerwinski

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A Single, Exceptional Vineyard

Ulysses vineyard was acquired in 2008 by Christian Moueix. Situated along Napa Valley’s Oakville bench and extending over an alluvial fan at the foot of the Mayacamas Range, the site was once part of the famed Charles Hopper ranch and it is exceptional for winegrowing. The soil is composed of deep, gravelly, clay loam and is particularly well-suited to growing Cabernet Sauvignon.

The winemaking approach is minimalist, with attentive observation and restrained intervention. Ulysses is around 90% Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot making up the blend and the vineyard was certified organic in 2021. While Ulysses is very much separate wine with its own identity, it is produced and matured at the Moueix family's Dominus winery in Yountville.

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