Product Description
A MAGNIFICENT 2013 ANAKOTA WINE!
"A few winemakers in Sonoma have been quietly crafting ‘old school’ Cabernets with structure and elegance in a restrained style that are proven to age gracefully for years (as opposed to the ‘fruit bomb’). The King of this style in Sonoma is master winemaker Pierre Seillan, who is the genius behind the Bordeaux-inspired blends at Verité. His Verité wines have received seven perfect 100 point scores from Robert Parker, more than any other Sonoma winery. Pierre’s other project, Anakota, focuses on crafting 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines from single-vineyards in Sonoma’s Knights Valley. These specific sites are located on an ancient volcanic zone. This relatively untouched and unknown place offers incredibly unique and diverse soils with a climate perfectly suited to Bordeaux varieties. The outcome are two wines that possess the great refinement and finesse – and ‘age worthiness’ – that are reminiscent of some of the legendary Napa Cabs of the 70s and 80s.
The wine we are offering today comes from Anakota’s prized estate-owned vineyard, Helena Montana, which is quietly situated on the rugged flanks of the Mayacamas Mountain Range. This Cab have the depth, complexity and ageability to rival almost anything that comes from Napa, and the score on this 2013 wine is the highest ever – snap it up before it’s gone!" – Glen Knight, Wine House
ROBERT PARKER ON THE 2013 ANAKOTA CABS
"The winemaker behind the Anakota high-elevation mountain vineyard sites in Knights Valley is no other than Pierre Seillan, the Bordelais guru who makes the fabulous wines of Vérité from the same proprietor, the Jackson family. There are two cuvées from various elevations in Knights Valley, the lower elevation called Helena Montana and the higher site, the Helena Dakota. Production of these cuvées ranges from the smallest in 2013, with just over 500 cases of each produced, jumping to 700-800 in 2014 and a whopping 1,000-1,300 in 2012 – the most generous of the three vintages. These are all 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 100% French oak and are meant for long, long-term aging. I would suggest that these may be, potentially, the longest-lived wines being made in Knights Valley, even exceeding the potential age-worthiness of the Peter Michael Les Pavots cuvées that are made in this microclimate on the Sonoma side, but near the Napa County line." – Robert Parker, October 2015
