9/1/2023 0 Comments Zd abacus 3l![]() It is outstanding stuff (5 of 5). Honestly, do not worry about pairing anything with it. We overuse words like complex or unique with wine. Each vintage, some tired, some hot, some bright, some dark, all call for attention. Twenty four years form a synced cacophony of murmurs and shouts. Intense FLAVORS kick about the palate with twangy orange peel, tart red and yet ripe supple black cherry, lightly toasted cedar, and dried tobacco that last endlessly. The dry PALATE, pings about with brambly acidity, rich, whole-grained tannins, a nearly full body. Ripe blueberry and black cherry liquor get layered into mocha, dried black vanilla bean, and soft caramel. Violets, fresh and dried glow, like the fanciest potpourri imaginable. Intense AROMAS swarm the entire glass bowl and carry skyward. The APPEARANCE looks a clear, medium intense garnet with a seamless bricked edge and doughy legs. So does Abacus time travel or taste like the undead? Today’s XVII’s retains a small portion that original Cabernet grown when Clinton became president, films like Wayne’s World, Aladdin, and Batman Returns graced the cinema, and Euro Disney was built. Like Count Dracula, that old Cabernet will live forever on the blood of the young. ![]() Yes, in 1992 ZD decided it would be fun to start a solera program, holding barrels of Cab, bottling some 15%, then topping them off with the next vintage. This one bottle holds twenty four vintages of ZD Reserve Cabernet. If you really want a shocking Cabernet, unleash ZD’s Abacus XVIII Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from its black alligator-skinned, red velvet-lined coffin: It is outstanding (5 of 5) and could peak in five more years.īut enough dancing around the tombstone. It loves triple creme brie, lean meats, even dark chocolate. The palate feels drier, wooded, grippy, toasty, serious, yet smooth enough. It rings with concentrated red cherry liquor, fresh blackberry, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. If you feel a bit more serious, $210 will buy ZD’s 2013 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It is very good (4 of 5) with years to go. It feels medium bodied, soft yet brassy, ringing like a small bell with acidity, and mild tannins perfect for grilled chicken with a balsamic glaze, charcuterie. $75 will buy you ZD’s 2013 Cab: a fresh-faced, bright red cherry driven wine with light vanilla, mint, and coconut (thanks to old school American oak). ![]() ![]() They make great Napa Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but their organic Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Rutherford is top notch. It is made by ZD winery, which has grown for three generations under the deLeuze family. Reservations for the future Bottling of Abacus XXV, releasing in December 2023, are available for $2,325 per 3-bottle pack or $6,250 for a limited 3-liter bottle.This Halloween, if you really want to blow minds and scare money out of your wallet or purse, consider a wine unlike any other. The Twenty-Fourth Bottling of Abacus is offered at $2,325 per 3-bottle pack or $6,250 for a limited 3-liter bottle and may be purchased by calling (800) 487-7757 or e-mailing us. There is a zero row separating the two dates. To read the abacus, which depicts the first and last vintages in the Twenty-Fourth Bottling of ZD’s Abacus (1992-2021), add the value of the beads above the crossbar to the value below for each row. The beads are only counted when they are pushed against the crossbar dividing the abacus into its two sections. Each lower bead is worth one unit, and each upper bead is worth five units. The traditional abacus is divided into two parts, with five beads in the lower section and two in the upper section. The medallion attached to each bottle depicts an abacus that identifies the first and last vintages in the wine. The wine is a “solera style” multiple vintage blend of every ZD Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ever produced. The Abacus, an ancient counting device, was chosen as this wine’s namesake. The current bottling of Abacus XXIV is a masterful blend of 30 vintages of ZD’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (1992-2021). ![]() Hence, there is always a component of young, fruit forward wine available to infuse into the ever-developing Abacus solera. The wine is aged for three years in the barrel which allows access to the young reserve wines as a blending component to Abacus. It is defined by ZD Wines’ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, which has been produced every year since 1992. Abacus, ZD Wines’ legendary Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, is a multi-vintage blend that artfully expresses the depth and complexity of a well-aged wine, infused with a touch of forward fruit and the intensity of a younger wine. ![]()
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