2005 Kapcsandy Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon State Lane Vineyard

A Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red Table wine from Napa, North Coast, CA USA

Review by Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate, # 174 (December 2007)
Rating: 95
Drink 2012-2030
Cost $150

A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the opaque purple-hued 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon State Lane Vinyard is a rich, full-bodied effort displaying notes of cedar, truffles, black currants, coffee, chocolate, and spice. With sweet tannin, full-bodied power, and impressive purity and length, this rich, backward, Bordeaux-styled wine does not ignore the wealth and extravagant fruit of Napa Valley. In short, the best of both worlds. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2030.

2006 Kapcsandy Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon State Lane Vineyard

A Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red Table wine from Napa, North Coast, CA USA

Review by Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate, # 174 (December 2007)
Rating: 92-94

P.S. If you are a buyer of the Kapcsandy wines, don't miss their fabulous 2006 Rose. They made 275 cases, which are being sold only at the winery. It is one of the fines roeses I have tasted over the last several years. What a great success story Kapcsandy Family Winery is. I first met Lou Kapscsandy when he was the owner of a construction company in Seattle. A Hungarian immigrant (he fled the country during the 1956 revolution), he gave up his business to follow the grapevine - so to speak - with his son, Louis, and wife, Bobbi. The family moved to Napa, purchased Beringer's old State Lane Vineyard (often a component part of that winery's Private Reserve bottling), completely replanted it, and brought in well-known Bordelais Denis Malbec to work with Californian Rob Lawson to craft undeniable Bordeaux-styled blends of elegance and longevity. The rate at which they have achieved success is shocking. From their tighly-spaced vineyard (2,700 vines per acre), new state-of-the-art winery, and Draconian selection process, they are producing three outstanding cuvees. Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer first gave them advice on planting the vineyard, but they moved on, and the vineyard now seems to be producing fruit at a level of quality never before seen from this site on the Yountville Crossroad.

Review by Robert Parker
- The Wine Advocate