2019 Paul Hobbs ‘Nathan Coombs Estate’ Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

IWR99 The 2019 Nathan Coombs Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Paul Hobbs is flat-out stunning. It offers beautifully perfumed aromatics of ripe cherries and dark currants that combine with fresh violets, exotic spices, sage, graphite and dusty gravel nuances. On the palate this full-bodied and layered, showing incredible depth and concentration. It possesses a dense mouth coating texture marked with flavors of dark fruits accented with exotic spices and herbs that persist throughout. Opulent and layered, this goes on leave a bold impression through its long multi-dimensional finish. This is a total knockout, which is utterly captivating today, yet should go on to provide years of drinking pleasure ahead.(Int’l Wine Report)

VIN98 The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Nathan Coombs Estate is every bit as impressive as it was last year. What a wine. Deep, sensual and layered, with phenomenal aromatic presence, the Nathan Coombs simply has it all. Dark red cherry, plum, spice, rose petal, mint and blood orange lend nuance, but it is the wine’s phenomenal balance that stands out most. The new oak is maybe just a bit pushed, but otherwise this is an absolutely magical Cabernet Sauvignon from Paul Hobbs.

JD97 Also from the Coombsville appellation in the southern end of the valley, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Nathan Coombs Estate has a rich, complex, classic Cabernet nose of red and black currants, green tobacco, camphor, violets, and lead pencil. It gains steam with time in the glass and is full-bodied, concentrated, and layered, with one heck of a mid-palate, beautiful tannins, and a great finish. It unquestionably shows some cooler, textbook Cabernet green notes, but it’s perfectly ripe and is just another incredible wine from this estate in 2019. Drink this any time over the coming 20-25 years.