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The 2011 - Laurel Glen Counterpoint is Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa region in California and the ABV is 14.0%. The 2010 - Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon is Cabernet Sauvignon from the Margaret River region in Australia and the ABV is 14.0%.
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Best Price on Web is determined by Wine-Searcher Pro prices as of yesterday: The best combined price on Wine Searcher for these wines is $43.97 as of today!
Free shipping on each 2-pack!
Please Note it may take 24-48 hours for your order to be put together for store pickup. You'll get an email when it's ready for pick up.
Look to the Cinderella Wine says for pack details >>The 2011 - Laurel Glen Counterpoint is Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa region in California and the ABV is 14.0%. The 2010 - Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon is Cabernet Sauvignon from the Margaret River region in Australia and the ABV is 14.0%.
Please note, orders are processed on a first come basis. If you leave the wine in your cart for even a few minutes it might have already sold out as our stock quantity is removed when you submit the order in final, not when you add it to your cart! You will get a confirmation from us when your order is confirmed.
You will get two emails from us with regards to your order. The first email from us only confirms that we received your order. The second email will confirm that we have enough wine to fill your order. Due to the high volume of sales there are times when the wine has sold out, but our system is still updating and shows it as available. We're sorry for any inconvenience and will do what we can to fill your order!
Thanks to your feedback we might bring back some of Cinderella Wine's popular previous offers. If a wine makes another appearance here, this newer offer will always be slightly higher than the original one. Offers that are on the site on Friday through Sunday will be shipped on Monday.
Best Price on Web is determined by Wine-Searcher Pro prices as of yesterday: The best combined price on Wine Searcher for these wines is $43.97 as of today!
Free shipping on each 2-pack!
Please Note it may take 24-48 hours for your order to be put together for store pickup. You'll get an email when it's ready for pick up.
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This 2-pack includes 1 bottle of 2011 - Laurel Glen Counterpoint, and 1 bottle of 2010 - Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon.
2011 - Laurel Glen Counterpoint:
"Patrick Campbell sold Laurel Glen to Bettina Sichel after the 2010 vintage. Sichel brought on winemaker Randall Watkins to manage the cellar, and viticulturist Phil Coturri Phil Coturri to introduce organic farming practices to the estate's sunny plateau on the volcanic eastern flank of Sonoma Mountain. Their first season, 2011, was cool and late - they finished harvest on November 1, and yields on the property averaged around 2 tons per acre. In blending Counterpoint, Watkins selected lots with comparatively soft tannins and fresh, approachable fruit. While this may be a "second wine," it's in beautiful form in 2011. The cool year comes through as a green edge that feels fresh, the scent of the wine suggesting California hillsides - bay, madrone and redwood. There's mouthwatering firmness to the tannins, the wine's structure carrying a mineral sparkle while a beam of black currant shines through the middle, growing brighter with a day or two of air. This is a dynamic and expressive California cabernet. Given the wine's humble price tag and aging potential, laying down a case seems like a great idea." (04/14) - 95 Pts Wine & Spirits
Wine:
"Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon is comprised of lots from the vineyard which display more forward fruit and softer tannins, resulting in a wine meant to be enjoyed at the time of release. Since final lot selections are not determined until the second year of barrel aging, Counterpoint is vinified using the same practices as Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet." - Winery
Vineyard:
"Laurel Glen Vineyard, a thousand feet up the slopes of Sonoma Mountain, has long been considered one of the iconic Cabernet vineyards of California. Originally planted in the 1880's, the present-day vineyard was developed in the 1970's by Sonoma wine pioneer Patrick Campbell. The 1st vintage of Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was made in 1981. The vineyard's combination of high altitude, eastern exposure, rocky soils, and small diurnal temperature swings combine to produce very distinctive wines. Despite its small production, the wine has received international acclaim for its exceptional balance, elegance and ability to age gracefully." - Winery
This wine was also rated 89 Points by the Wine Enthusiast and 83 Points by the Wine Advocate.
2010 - Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon:
"Fermented in small batches, some given extended maceration post-fermentation, then given 14 months in French oak (40% new). The colour is bright and clear, and there is a most appealing nature to the blackcurrant and redcurrant fruit; the oak and tannins are perfectly balanced." (08/12) - 95 Pts James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
Wine:
"Wines from the aristocratic red grape Cabernet Sauvignon were the first to win acclaim in Margaret River for their consistently high quality. This is the wine upon which Margaret River's reputation was founded and in no small measure upon which it rests today. Virtually every winery produces a Cabernet although Merlot is an increasingly common blend component. The style has evolved over the decades, with a cross-hatch of winemaker and viticulturist inputs giving rise to a number of distinctive and stylish interpretations of Cabernet and Merlot. The common threads are physiologically ripe grapes that provide a sweet core to all the wines, which are never leafy or herbal, and often with slightly earthy or gravelly tannins. These latter characteristics are very much a product of the local terroir, which needs to be controlled but provides complexity, authority and structure." - Winery
Winemaking:
"Our philosophy is strongly held, but extremely simple: grow great fruit, pick it at the right time and guide it through to the bottle without too much intervention. Which sounds easy, but actually requires a profound depth of knowledge, years of experience, and nerves of steel."
"Winemaker Glenn Goodall has been at Xanadu since 2003, the wines express his personality and ours. The focus is always on offering lively fruit characters with depth and precision and styles which allow the distinct personality of Margaret River to shine through."
"And personality is everything. It comes through in the vineyard, in the care we take neither to drown wines in oak nor to beat them into submission. We only use French oak from the best coopers, allowing the subtlety in the wine to show through. Our wines are not contrived but are gently eased into being. Natural fermentation and non-interventional winemaking have become winemaking cliches, but itâs a simple formula, and it works when you have great fruit." - Winery
Vineyard:
"What makes a great vineyard? Climate and soil, but more than anything it's the determination, dedication and vision of the people who operate it. Margaret River is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. Two oceans in fact the Indian and Southern Oceans. Warm growing seasons with cooling sea breezes create the perfect maritime climate. The soil at Xanadu is predominantly gravelly or gritty sandy loam formed directly from the underlying granite and gneissic rock. Ancient soils, waiting countless millennia for the first planting in 1977." - Winery
This wine was also rated 89+ Points by the Wine Advocate.
2011 - Laurel Glen Counterpoint:
"Patrick Campbell sold Laurel Glen to Bettina Sichel after the 2010 vintage. Sichel brought on winemaker Randall Watkins to manage the cellar, and viticulturist Phil Coturri Phil Coturri to introduce organic farming practices to the estate's sunny plateau on the volcanic eastern flank of Sonoma Mountain. Their first season, 2011, was cool and late - they finished harvest on November 1, and yields on the property averaged around 2 tons per acre. In blending Counterpoint, Watkins selected lots with comparatively soft tannins and fresh, approachable fruit. While this may be a "second wine," it's in beautiful form in 2011. The cool year comes through as a green edge that feels fresh, the scent of the wine suggesting California hillsides - bay, madrone and redwood. There's mouthwatering firmness to the tannins, the wine's structure carrying a mineral sparkle while a beam of black currant shines through the middle, growing brighter with a day or two of air. This is a dynamic and expressive California cabernet. Given the wine's humble price tag and aging potential, laying down a case seems like a great idea." (04/14) - 95 Pts Wine & Spirits
Wine:
"Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon is comprised of lots from the vineyard which display more forward fruit and softer tannins, resulting in a wine meant to be enjoyed at the time of release. Since final lot selections are not determined until the second year of barrel aging, Counterpoint is vinified using the same practices as Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet." - Winery
Vineyard:
"Laurel Glen Vineyard, a thousand feet up the slopes of Sonoma Mountain, has long been considered one of the iconic Cabernet vineyards of California. Originally planted in the 1880's, the present-day vineyard was developed in the 1970's by Sonoma wine pioneer Patrick Campbell. The 1st vintage of Laurel Glen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was made in 1981. The vineyard's combination of high altitude, eastern exposure, rocky soils, and small diurnal temperature swings combine to produce very distinctive wines. Despite its small production, the wine has received international acclaim for its exceptional balance, elegance and ability to age gracefully." - Winery
This wine was also rated 89 Points by the Wine Enthusiast and 83 Points by the Wine Advocate.
2010 - Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon:
"Fermented in small batches, some given extended maceration post-fermentation, then given 14 months in French oak (40% new). The colour is bright and clear, and there is a most appealing nature to the blackcurrant and redcurrant fruit; the oak and tannins are perfectly balanced." (08/12) - 95 Pts James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
Wine:
"Wines from the aristocratic red grape Cabernet Sauvignon were the first to win acclaim in Margaret River for their consistently high quality. This is the wine upon which Margaret River's reputation was founded and in no small measure upon which it rests today. Virtually every winery produces a Cabernet although Merlot is an increasingly common blend component. The style has evolved over the decades, with a cross-hatch of winemaker and viticulturist inputs giving rise to a number of distinctive and stylish interpretations of Cabernet and Merlot. The common threads are physiologically ripe grapes that provide a sweet core to all the wines, which are never leafy or herbal, and often with slightly earthy or gravelly tannins. These latter characteristics are very much a product of the local terroir, which needs to be controlled but provides complexity, authority and structure." - Winery
Winemaking:
"Our philosophy is strongly held, but extremely simple: grow great fruit, pick it at the right time and guide it through to the bottle without too much intervention. Which sounds easy, but actually requires a profound depth of knowledge, years of experience, and nerves of steel."
"Winemaker Glenn Goodall has been at Xanadu since 2003, the wines express his personality and ours. The focus is always on offering lively fruit characters with depth and precision and styles which allow the distinct personality of Margaret River to shine through."
"And personality is everything. It comes through in the vineyard, in the care we take neither to drown wines in oak nor to beat them into submission. We only use French oak from the best coopers, allowing the subtlety in the wine to show through. Our wines are not contrived but are gently eased into being. Natural fermentation and non-interventional winemaking have become winemaking cliches, but itâs a simple formula, and it works when you have great fruit." - Winery
Vineyard:
"What makes a great vineyard? Climate and soil, but more than anything it's the determination, dedication and vision of the people who operate it. Margaret River is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. Two oceans in fact the Indian and Southern Oceans. Warm growing seasons with cooling sea breezes create the perfect maritime climate. The soil at Xanadu is predominantly gravelly or gritty sandy loam formed directly from the underlying granite and gneissic rock. Ancient soils, waiting countless millennia for the first planting in 1977." - Winery
This wine was also rated 89+ Points by the Wine Advocate.
