Description

Red Wine: 1991 | Niebaum Coppola | Rubicon

Floral nose of roses and candied raspberry. Softened tannins with buoyant acid supports the sweet cassis and raspberries. Lengthy and balanced finish.

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Producer: Niebaum Coppola

Ratings: WA | 90JS | 94

Vintage: 1991

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: United States, California

Floral nose of roses and candied raspberry. Softened tannins with buoyant acid supports the sweet cassis and raspberries. Lengthy and balanced finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1991 Rubicon (2,330 cases) exhibits a deep ruby/purple color, a cedary, earthy, black-cherry, and currant-scented nose, good density, and aggressive tannin, which causes some astringency in the finish. This medium to full-bodied, spicy wine has character and depth; it should age well for another 15 years, but I am not sure the tannin will melt away. There have been numerous changes and refinements to the style of Niebaum-Coppola’s proprietary red wine, Rubicon. Over a decade ago I wrote that this was a wine that acted as if it wanted to be an old-fashioned Barolo, with its rustic tannin and abrasive flavor profile. That has all changed in the nineties, as the wine has begun to take on a more supple texture, with less aggressive tannin, and a flavorful but more complete and elegant personality.

• James Suckling: Ultrarich and concentrated, with impeccable balance. Deep and complex, with layers of cedar, currant, anise, blackberry, sage and mineral, very plush at points yet firmly tannic and structured..

Producer Information

The Niebaum-Coppola Estate produces its first vintage of Rubicon, a red Bordeaux-style blend, named after Julius Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon in 49 B.C., a small step that nevertheless began Rome’s civil war—”the point of no return.” The name conjures an apt metaphor for the Coppolas’ aim to create wines of the quality achieved by Inglenook at the height of its reputation.