Continuum - Proprietary Red Napa Valley 2021 (750ml)
Price: $339.00
#89 James Suckling Top 100 of 2024
| Producer | Continuum |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 8238 |
| Size | 750ml |
The Wine Independent: 98-100 Points
This note is written before the final blend of the 2021 Continuum. Deep purple-black in color it hits the ground running with an intense nose of red and black currant preserves lilacs baker's chocolate and graphite leading to an undercurrant of black olives and red loam. On the medium to full-bodied palate it is very lively grainy and super-concentrated finishing long and shimmery. Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown Review date: 2023-06-07
James Suckling: 99 Points
This is so aromatic with blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, iron, pine bark and orange peel. Hints of wild sage and peppermint. Seductive perfumes. Full-bodied with extremely well-integrated tannins that have great length. Elegant firmness at the finish. The quality of the tannins is some of the best I have had in a young Continuum. Seamless silk. Great finish. 45% cabernet sauvignon, 35% cabernet franc, 11% merlot and 9% petit verdot. Best after 2027.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
This captures gorgeous flavors of mulberry blackberry and boysenberry compote and infuses them with sparkling anise sage and singed wood spice notes while iron minerality and racy acidity provide ample structure with mouthwatering cut. A distinctive version that should evolve nicely in the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026 through 2040. ?J.M.
Vinous: 94+ Points
The 2021 Proprietary Red Wine Sage Mountain Vineyard is a heady bombastic wine with a huge fruit profile and equally imposing tannins. In so many vintages Continuum can be quite racy and seductive but 2021 is not one of those years. Readers will have to be especially patient here. Lavender mocha crème de cassis and cloves build into the substantial resonant finish. The blend is 45% Cabernet S
