A terrific effort from a challenging vintage, Chappellet's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill—94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot—boasts expressive scents of cassis, blackberries, vanilla and caramel. It's full-bodied, supple, generous, deep and round, expansive on the palate and framed by soft, fully ripe tannins and hints of mocha on the lingering, velvety finish. Showy, impressive and delicious, it should drink well for a couple of decades. ~ 98 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
~98 Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
Blackcurrant, cola and minty fresh aromas on nose. Fleshy and super ripe, sticky liquorice and exotic spices. There’s an immediate burst of power and fleshiness with concentration - this is a bold and massy wine. It maintains elegance despite muscular and sinewy tannins with tons of personality overall. Stylish but certainly big and showy. Great fruit forwardness and overall freshness with dried herbs, scrubland notes and dark ripe fruit. I'd leave this a few years before approaching but when it's ready it'll be a beauty. 3.71pH. ~ 97 Decanter
~97 The Wine Independent
~ 97 The Wine Palate
As always, Pritchard Hill produces a bold, beautiful expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. It is hard to believe that the site isn’t its own AVA, considering all of the unique wines that have come out of the site over many years. This wine continues to make the case for AVA status, with brooding blackberry, cassis, soft vanilla, layered spice tones, and a long finish. It is quite supple for a young Pritchard Hill, making it a good candidate to drink while you are aging the 2021 for the long haul. That’s not to say, of course, that you can’t hold this for a while. Great stuff, as usual. Contains 6% Petit Verdot. ~ 96 Wine Review Online
The nose is wonderfully complex and deeply scented, with aromas of blackberries, cassis, earth and cedar. The palate is full-bodied with seamless tannins and acidity, giving notes of mocha, graphite, dried herbs and spices. Incredibly balanced and powerful, with underlying freshness. Excellent. Drinkable now, but best from 2028. ~ 96 James Suckling

2022 Chappellet Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill 3pk 3x750ml
- Pioneer Family Estate on Pritchard Hill Since 1967
- "Impressive and Delicious" ~ 98 Robert Parker
- Mountain-Grown, Limited Allocation
- "Stylish But Certainly Big and Showy" ~ 97 Decanter
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- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- Napa Valley
- Sub-Appellation:
- St Helena
- Alcohol:
- 14.5%
- Size:
- 750ml
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- Ribs · Lamb · Cheese · Beef · Venison
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Chappellet Winery
Chappellet Winery is a family-owned Napa Valley estate founded in 1967 by Donn Chappellet and his wife Molly, pioneering high-elevation winemaking on the rugged slopes of Pritchard Hill. Known for producing powerful, age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon, the winery has played a key role in shaping Napa’s mountain-grown wine identity, combining Bordeaux-inspired structure with California intensity.
Still run by the Chappellet family today, it remains one of the few legacy estates committed to sustainable farming and long-term stewardship of its hillside vineyards.
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