2019 Hourglass Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline Estate

Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | USA |
Region | |
Appellation | |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2019 |
Grape | |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14.5%) |
Drink window | 2024 - 2045 |
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Only 5 left
Description
The Hourglass Blueline Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc. The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline Estate reveals an opaque purple-black color, exploding from the glass with bombastic scents of crème de cassis, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherries, plus hints of Indian spices, menthol and licorice, with a hint of sandalwood. Full, concentrated and impressively opulent, the palate is characterized by layer upon layer of exotic spices intertwined with black and blue fruits, velvety tannins and just enough freshness, long, long, long ending.
Specifications
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | USA |
Region | Californie |
Appellation | Napa Valley |
Winery | Hourglass |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2019 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2045 |
Alcohol % | 14.5 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 97 |
Vinous rating | 96 |
Tasting Profiles | Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Professional Reviews
Parker
Rating
(95 - 97)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2024 - 2045
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
30th Jul 2021
Source
End of July 2021, The Wine Advocate
A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline Estate reveals an opaque purple-black color, exploding from the glass with bombastic scents of crème de cassis, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherries, plus hints of Indian spices, menthol and licorice, with a touch of sandalwood. Full-bodied, concentrated and impressively opulent, the palate features layer upon layer of exotic spices intertwined with black and blue fruits, velvety tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long, long, long.
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Vinous
96
Drinking Window
2025 - 2044
From: The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline is the most elegant and nuanced of the three Cabernets in the range. Blueberry jam, crème de cassis, lavender, licorice and spice open first, framed by silky tannins that give the 2019 a feeling of finesse that is impossible to miss.
- By Antonio Galloni on October 2021
This is another stellar set of wines from Hourglass. What else is new? Winemaker Tony Biagi has been on tear here since taking over a few years ago. The 2019s are rich, heady wines that capture all the best qualities of the year, qualities that work so well with Biagi’s style here. I loved these wines from barrel, and I love them from bottle too.
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The idea of Hourglass originated from a place, but would eventually become a human journey of discovery. The interplay of terroir and artistic intent produces wines with a unique personality that possess an intriguing dialectic: rich in layers of concentration yet lively with an edge of tension; classically structured yet silky in texture; undoubtedly modern but with traditional stripes.
Tony Biagi is a postmodernist, in life and how he practices his craft as a winemaker. One of his many unique talents is his ability to synthesize traditional techniques with cutting-edge theory - a classicist/modernist yin and yang. He approaches winemaking as an artist informed by science, accepting that there is a certain alchemy to winemaking that may never be fully understood.
Tony explains: “Think of winemaking as putting together a complex puzzle, and each puzzle piece has a synergistic response to the other. Change one of the pieces and you change the whole picture. We want the photo to have certain focal points and counterpoints. Within each vintage, we make meticulous decisions in our farming and winemaking based on the differences each year brings - shaping each puzzle piece - to give us the most vibrant, multi-dimensional picture: with our Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, a piece of pure black fruit for depth, a tangy sour piece for lift, a color piece to match with a tannic piece to affect the refined structure; one for smooth texture, one for length, one for aromatics, etc… Then we start combining the individual pieces together as early as possible and we give them 22 months in French oak so that they can integrate into a whole.”
As demonstrated in his 2012 debut year with Hourglass, Tony approaches the puzzle from the middle and builds his wines from the inside out. He first establishes a classical structural core, using the most advanced means to encourage tannin and color to bond in a tight weave. “That relationship between tannin and color is essential to everything else we do; we go to great lengths in our vineyard practices, maceration protocols and cellaring procedures to encourage that," he explains. Once the weave is refined, Tony builds a mouthfeel around it with layers of silky texture depth, highlighting the purity of fruit expression. "I want that my wines are rich, but if that's all they become one-dimensional and monotonous," he outlines. To this end, Tony pairs richness with acidity and minerality, bringing energy into the equation. This counterbalance results in a sum that lives on the palate while he is deeply concentrated.
Jeff and Tony met through a tasting group of Napa's most promising young winemakers, discovered a synergy of ideas and quickly developed what they call a "mutual mentorship". “We had both had 20 years and had followed the pendulum swing of maturity that Napa had experienced. We learned a lot in the process and have very clear ideas about what we want to keep and what we want to refine,” notes Jeff.
Jeff continues by pointing out, “We are in a refining phase of what we started about 20 years ago. Our goal is to edit very precise moments where grape chemistry is in balance. The goal is not to do one or chasing another mythical ideal of a vineyard's "ultimate expression of terroir" as if by magic. The goal is to find our ultimate expression of that vineyard. Terroir is real, but it is subject to interpretation. We drive to find a balance point where the vineyard delivers the dialectical puzzle pieces we're looking for, and if we get that right, Tony's got what he needs to work his magic.
The Hourglass Blueline Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc. The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline Estate reveals an opaque purple-black color, exploding from the glass with bombastic scents of crème de cassis, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherries, plus hints of Indian spices, menthol and licorice, with a hint of sandalwood. Full, concentrated and impressively opulent, the palate is characterized by layer upon layer of exotic spices intertwined with black and blue fruits, velvety tannins and just enough freshness, long, long, long ending.
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | USA |
Region | Californie |
Appellation | Napa Valley |
Winery | Hourglass |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2019 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2045 |
Alcohol % | 14.5 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 97 |
Vinous rating | 96 |
Tasting Profiles | Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe |
Parker
Rating
(95 - 97)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2024 - 2045
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
30th Jul 2021
Source
End of July 2021, The Wine Advocate
A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline Estate reveals an opaque purple-black color, exploding from the glass with bombastic scents of crème de cassis, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherries, plus hints of Indian spices, menthol and licorice, with a touch of sandalwood. Full-bodied, concentrated and impressively opulent, the palate features layer upon layer of exotic spices intertwined with black and blue fruits, velvety tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long, long, long.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
96
Drinking Window
2025 - 2044
From: The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueline is the most elegant and nuanced of the three Cabernets in the range. Blueberry jam, crème de cassis, lavender, licorice and spice open first, framed by silky tannins that give the 2019 a feeling of finesse that is impossible to miss.
- By Antonio Galloni on October 2021
This is another stellar set of wines from Hourglass. What else is new? Winemaker Tony Biagi has been on tear here since taking over a few years ago. The 2019s are rich, heady wines that capture all the best qualities of the year, qualities that work so well with Biagi’s style here. I loved these wines from barrel, and I love them from bottle too.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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The idea of Hourglass originated from a place, but would eventually become a human journey of discovery. The interplay of terroir and artistic intent produces wines with a unique personality that possess an intriguing dialectic: rich in layers of concentration yet lively with an edge of tension; classically structured yet silky in texture; undoubtedly modern but with traditional stripes.
Tony Biagi is a postmodernist, in life and how he practices his craft as a winemaker. One of his many unique talents is his ability to synthesize traditional techniques with cutting-edge theory - a classicist/modernist yin and yang. He approaches winemaking as an artist informed by science, accepting that there is a certain alchemy to winemaking that may never be fully understood.
Tony explains: “Think of winemaking as putting together a complex puzzle, and each puzzle piece has a synergistic response to the other. Change one of the pieces and you change the whole picture. We want the photo to have certain focal points and counterpoints. Within each vintage, we make meticulous decisions in our farming and winemaking based on the differences each year brings - shaping each puzzle piece - to give us the most vibrant, multi-dimensional picture: with our Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, a piece of pure black fruit for depth, a tangy sour piece for lift, a color piece to match with a tannic piece to affect the refined structure; one for smooth texture, one for length, one for aromatics, etc… Then we start combining the individual pieces together as early as possible and we give them 22 months in French oak so that they can integrate into a whole.”
As demonstrated in his 2012 debut year with Hourglass, Tony approaches the puzzle from the middle and builds his wines from the inside out. He first establishes a classical structural core, using the most advanced means to encourage tannin and color to bond in a tight weave. “That relationship between tannin and color is essential to everything else we do; we go to great lengths in our vineyard practices, maceration protocols and cellaring procedures to encourage that," he explains. Once the weave is refined, Tony builds a mouthfeel around it with layers of silky texture depth, highlighting the purity of fruit expression. "I want that my wines are rich, but if that's all they become one-dimensional and monotonous," he outlines. To this end, Tony pairs richness with acidity and minerality, bringing energy into the equation. This counterbalance results in a sum that lives on the palate while he is deeply concentrated.
Jeff and Tony met through a tasting group of Napa's most promising young winemakers, discovered a synergy of ideas and quickly developed what they call a "mutual mentorship". “We had both had 20 years and had followed the pendulum swing of maturity that Napa had experienced. We learned a lot in the process and have very clear ideas about what we want to keep and what we want to refine,” notes Jeff.
Jeff continues by pointing out, “We are in a refining phase of what we started about 20 years ago. Our goal is to edit very precise moments where grape chemistry is in balance. The goal is not to do one or chasing another mythical ideal of a vineyard's "ultimate expression of terroir" as if by magic. The goal is to find our ultimate expression of that vineyard. Terroir is real, but it is subject to interpretation. We drive to find a balance point where the vineyard delivers the dialectical puzzle pieces we're looking for, and if we get that right, Tony's got what he needs to work his magic.