Category 9.5

James Cole Winery – 9.5 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This winery on Silverado Trail is both a sophisticated and fun winery to visit.  Relatively new when compared to other wineries on the Trail.  Easily accessed via Oak Knoll Avenue (if you are coming from Highway 29) or going up or down Silverado Trail.

While There is no such person as James Cole (it is a combined name of James and Colleen (Cole) Harder), the wineries owners; have dived in to make some veritable and gorgeous wines; Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Chardonnay, and several Ice Wines (grapes from Canada).

The ‘come as you are’ welcoming presence of Lisa Hurt and her tasting room team make you feel comfortable if you are a novice or enthusiast.  There is a movie playing in the barrel room which makes for the wine experience that is both novel and yet that experience you wanted to have but didn’t know it until you got here.

A winery that I visit each time I go to Napa.

http://www.jamescolewinery.com/

5014 Silverado Trail

Napa, CA 94558-9749

(707) 251-9905

Hours 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily

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¡Salud!

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James Cole Umbral Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve – 2005 – 9.5 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

An exquisite Cabernet Sauvignon; notes of Eucalyptus, bramble, roasted dark red fruit, cardamom, smoke and Pioppini mushroom, delightful structure; complex wine with interlocking flavors that keep evolving.  This is a rare rating; I do not recall giving a 9.5 for a Cabernet Sauvignon that was not part of  blend.  This wine will age beautifully.  Drink from 2015 to 2020.

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A plethora of wine reviews from wines regions around the world. Read more of my wine reviews: jamesthewineguy.wordpress.com © 2010 James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez – All Rights Reserved.  James the Wine Guy also on Facebook, Twitter and most major social medias.

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¡Salud!

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Other blogs:

jamesthefoodguy.wordpress.com
jamesthespiritsguy.wordpress.com
jamestherestaurantguy.wordpress.com
jamesthetravelguy.wordpress.com
jamesthedesignguy.wordpress.com
jamesandthecity.wordpress.com
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northamericanfoodproject.wordpress.com
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