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Napa Dan Wine Reviews
2002 Napa Dan Cabernet Sauvignon
A fine, full-bodied Cab, fleshy and fat in blackberry and cassis flavors and grilled-meat chewiness. This fully dry wine has rich, sweet tannins and a good finish. It should hold and improve a bit with several years in the bottle. Wine Enthusiast, July 2005
2003 Napa Dan "Pool Yard Chard" Chardonnay - Order Now
This very fine Chardonnay reminds me of a modern Chablis: barrel aging in new French oak, but no malolactic fermentation. Green apples, pineapple, mango, and vanilla oak. Grade: B+ www.professorbainbridgeonwine.com
2002 Napa Dan Cabernet - Order Now
90pts-Exceptional in Wine & Spirits, April 2005
Polished as the sheen on a ripe black cherry, there
isn't a rough edge to this Napa Cabernet. It's a clean,sleek pleasure
that will enrich a steak.
Wine of the Week: Thursday, January 6, 2005
Before there was a wine from the Napa Valley branded "Lynch," there
was "Napadan." Dan Lynch's license plates read: "Napadan." His
grandkids don't call him Grandpa Dan. Instead they call him "Napadan." Logically
then, Napadan Lynch has christened his second label, "Napadan."
Lynch's 2002 Napadan Cabernet Sauvignon -- fashioned by Gary Galleron -- might be his best yet. The wine emits aromas of sweet plums, milk chocolate and cake spices such as clove and cocoa powder, and some oak. On the palate the wine is simply lovely, with a smooth satin texture, and those same-said ripe plum flavors augmented by black cherry. The tannins are supple for immediate consumption and over the next five years.
The Cabernet comes from several different vineyards, including about a third from Lynch's vineyard near Chiles Valley. The 15 percent of Merlot also comes from Lynch's parcel on Spring Mountain. The listed alcohol is 14.7 percent, the TA is .72, the pH is 3.65 and there were but 264 cases produced. --Alan Goldfarb, St. Helena Star
December 25, 2004 - A big blast of Cabernet fruit:
cassis, currants, berries, and mocha java. I'm not convinced it will
age all that well, but it is delicious now with robust food (we served
it with a lamb au poivre; it blasted through the pepper with fruit
to spare). Grade: B++
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