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Abreu, Las Posadas 2015
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2015 Las Posadas is dark, sensual and totally inviting. Plush fruit and silky tannins push the black plum and blackberry fruit forward. Deep and resonant on the palate, the 2015 exudes class from start to finish. Like the rest of the other Abreu 2015s, the Posadas will drink well upon release. Hints of lavender and spice meld into the pliant, inviting finish. There is so much to like here.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
A huge, dense wine, the 2015 Las Posadas captures all the natural intensity and richness of the year. Primary blue and purplish-hued stone fruit, spice, licorice and lavender are all pushed forward, but it is the wine's unctuous, succulent texture that stands out most. This is a decidedly exotic, flamboyant wine. And yet all the elements are wonderfully fused together. Even with all of its intensity, the 2015 offers a good bit of freshness.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2015 Las Posadas is another fabulous wine from Abreu. Here the richness of the vintage softens some of the typically angular young Howell Mountain contours. Even so, there is plenty of Howell Mountain character. Naturally, the 2015 is quite primary today, but it is also immensely promising.
About the Producer
Abreu's label concentrates exclusively on estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon blends. Distribution is limited and sold primarily to members on their direct mailing list. A number of online retailers offer Abreu Vineyards wine, from unknown sources, with prices ranging from $400 to $800 or more per 750ml. In 1998 wine critic Robert Parker included Abreu in his list of the "most influential wine personalities of the last 20 years".Parker awarded the 1997 Madrona Ranch cabernet a 100-point score, one of only 140 wines in the world to receive the honour. As of the 2013 vintage, Abreu Vineyards holds nine 100-point scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. In the "Judgment of Sauternes" of October 2006, the 1995 vintage Cabernet blend was judged the winner among Cabernet-Merlot blends from Bordeaux and California, 16 each, in a blind tasting arranged by the Grand Jury Européen. The 1999 production was 500 cases (45.000 hL; 1,188.774 U.S. gal). In the late 1990s, Abreu and Forman jointly leased and planted the 20-acre (8.1 ha) Thorevilos Vineyard. They released Abreu's first cabernet from that vineyard in 2000.
