{"product_id":"inglenook-2011-cabernet-sauvignon-cask-rutherford-napa-valley-750ml","title":"Inglenook 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Rutherford Napa Valley 750ml","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere's a genuine reason this particular vintage carries more weight than the numbers alone suggest: 2011 is the very year Francis Ford Coppola won back the rights to the \"Inglenook\" trademark itself. For decades, the estate — a property Coppola began purchasing in 1975, using proceeds from The Godfather — had operated under other names, first as Niebaum-Coppola, later as Rubicon Estate Winery. This 2011 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon is genuinely from the moment that history came full circle, one of the first vintages to carry the restored Inglenook name since Gustave Niebaum, a Finnish sea captain, first built the estate in 1887 and made it, to this day, the oldest bonded winery in all of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNow fifteen years old, this bottle offers something genuinely different from anything currently on the shelf — a real window into an earlier chapter of Napa Valley winemaking, made before more recent trends toward extended hang time and higher alcohol reshaped the region's style. The 2011 growing season itself was genuinely demanding: an exceptionally cold, wet winter and spring led to poor fruit set for many growers, cool weather persisted through much of the season, and October rains further complicated an already difficult harvest — conditions that pushed many 2011 Napa Cabernets toward a leaner, more restrained, \"tense and wiry\" character rather than the riper, more opulent style the valley often chases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJames Suckling reviewed the wine favorably, awarding 91 Points. Antonio Galloni's tasting for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate found the wine emerging \"with scents of grilled herbs, cedar, red fruit, crushed rocks and smoke,\" describing \"lovely balance in the tense, wiry style of the vintage,\" with real, genuine \"potential.\" Wine.com's own tasting confirmed the wine remains \"subtle and round on the palate,\" offering \"fragrant notes of boysenberries, cherries, black currant and leather,\" with flavor intensity building \"on the mid-palate\" into \"beautiful impressions of red fruits, spices, and coffee.\" This is a genuinely honest cellar find — not a wine chasing perfect scores, but a real, drinkable piece of Napa Valley's own history, aged fifteen years and, per the vintage's own reputation for balance and restraint, likely still showing well today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInglenook 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask is produced at the historic Inglenook estate in Rutherford, Napa Valley, California — founded in 1887 by Gustave Niebaum, a Finnish sea captain, and to this day the oldest bonded winery in California. Francis Ford Coppola began acquiring the property in 1975, and in 2011, the exact vintage of this bottle, Coppola successfully reclaimed the rights to the \"Inglenook\" trademark itself, restoring the estate's original name after decades under the Niebaum-Coppola and Rubicon Estate Winery identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 2011 vintage is a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Merlot, sourced from the Rutherford Bench, a stretch of alluvial, well-drained uplands bordering the Mayacamas Mountains long celebrated for producing wines of genuine structure and complexity. The 2011 growing season was marked by a cold, wet winter and spring, a cool growing season, and October rains — conditions that shaped a genuinely restrained, \"tense and wiry\" vintage character across much of Rutherford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritics Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling — 91 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntonio Galloni, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate #204 (December 2012):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask emerges with scents of grilled herbs, cedar, red fruit, crushed rocks and smoke. The 2011 possesses lovely balance in the tense, wiry style of the vintage. There is plenty of potential here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine.com (extended tasting note):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Subtle and round on the palate, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask offers fragrant notes of boysenberries, cherries, black currant and leather. Flavor intensity increases on the mid-palate with beautiful impressions of red fruits, spices, and coffee.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrilled herbs and cedar lead, joined by red fruit, crushed rocks, and smoke, alongside boysenberry, cherry, and black currant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtle and round, with balanced red fruit and spice building through the mid-palate, developing black currant, leather, and coffee in a genuinely tense, restrained style true to the 2011 vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh, not overly long, closing with quiet, well-integrated structure — a genuine reflection of a cooler, more challenging growing season handled with real skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuick Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eCategory\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRutherford, Napa Valley, California\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e88% Cabernet Sauvignon · 9% Cabernet Franc · 2% Merlot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2011 (now 15 years old)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInglenook\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstate Founded\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1887, by Gustave Niebaum — oldest bonded winery in California\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistoric Significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe vintage year Francis Ford Coppola reclaimed the Inglenook trademark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard Source\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRutherford Bench\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJames Suckling 91 · Robert Parker's Wine Advocate reviewed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle \/ Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA genuine cellar find — restrained, balanced, a real window into an earlier era of Napa Valley winemaking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAromas \u0026amp; Flavors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGrilled herbs, cedar, red fruit, crushed rocks, boysenberry, leather\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottle Size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e750ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoasted or grilled red meat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAged hard cheeses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMushroom-forward dishes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich, savory braises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Southern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45214835638338,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.blackwellswines.com\/products\/inglenook-2011-cabernet-sauvignon-cask-rutherford-napa-valley-750ml","provider":"Blackwell's Wines \u0026 Spirits","version":"1.0","type":"link"}