2019 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard

2019 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard

with No Comment $100 and overCabernet SauvignonKevin VogtKnight's ValleySonomaUSA

ANAKOTA 

HELENA DAKOTA VINEYARD
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2019

2019 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard
Anakota’s vineyards lie at the base of Mount St. Helena in the remote Knights Valley AVA, which cuts through the Mayacamas Mountains and receives cool breezes directly from the Pacific Ocean. 100-point winemaker Pierre Seillan believes that Knights Valley is one of the best places in the world to grow Cabernet Sauvignon and aims to create a style similar to Pauillac or Saint-Estèphe.
 
The Helena Dakota Vineyard is a sloping 12-acre parcel that has produced powerful yet sophisticated wines over the decades. Structure, elegance, and ability to stand the test of time are all classic hallmarks of these wines. The outstanding 2019 vintage produced grapes with rich complexity, intense flavors, and supple opulence, resulting in a wine that shows beautifully now, and will continue to do so over its formidable lifespan.
 
ANAKOTA 
HELENA DAKOTA VINEYARD
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2019
Retails at: $180
 
 
Your Price: $175
 
 
“The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard explodes with violets, aniseed and cast iron, with a deep core of crushed blueberries and black cherries, evolving continually with each approach to the glass. The palate is stunning with its intensity and lift, pure fruits, pixelated tannins and focused acidity that drives the very long finish. Its exceptional balance and super pure flavors, plus that characteristic streak of iron that appears across the Anakota portfolio, really take the 2019 Helena Dakota to the next level. 793 cases were made.”
99 Points
2011 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Dakota Vineyard Helena

2011 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Dakota Vineyard Helena

with No Comment $100 and overCabernet SauvignonKevin VogtKnight's ValleySonomaUSA

ANAKOTA 

HELENA DAKOTA VINEYARD
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2011

2011 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Dakota Vineyard Helena
Patience is a virtue when aging the right wines, and Anakota’s 2011 Helena Dakota Vineyard Cabernet, crafted by legendary 100-point winemaker Pierre Seillan, proves it. After nearly a decade in the bottle, this wine from the challenging 2011 growing season is indescribably brilliant. Like many 2011 vintage wines from world-class producers, time in the bottle has transformed them into magnificent, collector-worthy wines.
 
Helena Dakota Vineyard is a sloping 12-acre parcel that has for decades produced powerful yet sophisticated wines marked by structure and elegance and their ability to stand the test of time. Pierre says the Cabernet Sauvignon from Helena Dakota reminds him of Pauillac or Saint-Estèphe. Their 2011 vintage will rock you to your core when you taste it and is a joy to behold. For transparency, we added the old reviews from 2014 below that don’t represent how great this perfectly ready-to-drink beauty is showing now. 
 
ANAKOTA 
HELENA DAKOTA VINEYARD
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2011
 
Your Price: $119.99
 
 
“The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard is slightly softer and rounder, and is civilized for a young Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon. Its deep ruby/purple hue is followed by sweet blackcurrant fruit intermixed with hints of wet rocks and gravel. Dense, ripe, and approachable, it should be consumed over the next decade or more.”
91+ Points
 
“Smoke, tobacco, iron and a host of ferrous notes emerge from the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard. A wine of gorgeous complexity and personality, the 2011 is going to need at least a few years to fully unwind. There is a lot going on in the glass. Next to the Montana, the Dakota is more savory and also shows a bit more structure. Both are beautiful.”
91+ Points