By AXR Winery
2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage Details
Balanced and elegant wines are the hallmarks of the 2014 vintage, a crop similar to 2012 in terms of the characteristics. The weather was near perfect, and, for the first time, there was no effect of the drought on the vines which by now were accustomed to the dry spring. Harvest began early, and by mid-August even the Cabernet Sauvignon had ripened, thus protecting the acidity of the wines.

Tasting Notes
Color: Deep, dark black olive with touches of eggplant and purple velvet
Nose: Explosions of cedar, blackberries, gingerbread, sage, macerated cherries, licorice, cotton candy, with soap from Marseille, and potpourri
Palate: Velvety entrance evolving on a backbone of acidity lingering on granular tannins with touches of cherry pie, cassis, plums, fern, and tobacco

Wine Details
Vintage: 2014
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Napa Valley
Alcohol: 14.00%
[Information provided by AXR Napa Valley]

Axr 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
Points: 94 - Cellar Selection
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Napa Valley, Napa, California, US
Winery: Axr
Alcohol: 14.70%
Bottle Size: 750.00 ml
Category: Red
Date Published: 8/1/2018
By Virginie Boone
Tart in red and black currant, this wine offers explosive acidity and fleshy polished tannins, the core densely structured and full-bodied. Given nearly two years in French oak, 75% of it new, it is accented in woody, herbal layers of dust and earth. Enjoy 2024-2030.

2014 AXR Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
Rating: 94
Producer: AXR Winery
Location: USA California North Coast Napa Valley
Color: Red
Price: $80
Tasting Date: 12/29/2017
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: California, Napa Valley: Napa's Exuberant, Powerful 2015s
Made by Jean Hoefliger, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon from AXR Winery is a quintessential Napa beauty that offers lots of blueberry and blackberry fruits, lead pencil shavings, scorched earth and spice-driven aromas and flavors. This full-bodied, supple, sexy 2014 shows the purity and frontend loaded style of this vintage beauty and is already drinking well. It will keep for 15-20 years.

By Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2014 AXR Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
USA, California, North Coast, Napa Valley
Rating: 94
Producer: AXR Winery
Color: Red
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Drink Date: 2016 - 2031
Issue Date: 28th Oct 2016
Source: 227, The Wine Advocate
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is also an impressively constructed wine, with delicious blackberry and blueberry fruit intermixed with charcoal embers, Christmas fruitcake and forest floor, followed by a richly fruity, full-bodied, opulent, classic 2014 that is sexy, endearing, and already delicious and complex. Drink it over the next 15+ years.

2014 AXR Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
Round, fat, juicy, fresh and fleshy, there is a cool metallic, stony note that adds complexity to the dark red berries, chocolate and licorice.
93 Points
Tasted Mar 15, 2018

AXR CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA VALLEY 2014
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Country: United States
Region: California
Vintage: 2014
Score: 93
A very pretty and polished Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon with cedar, berry and walnut character. Full to medium body, soft tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink now.

AXR Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2014
Score: 90
Country: United States
Region: Napa
Price: $80
Issue: Nov 15, 2017
Tight and edgy, with dusty dark berry, cedary oak and crushed rock flavors and gripping tannins. The future should seem solid once this ages for a few years. Fans of chewy tannins will be pleased. Best from 2020 through 2032. -JL