Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale 2007
(Sonoma County, California) - [WA 97] [VM 92]

Notes from the Winemaker: 
Since 1992 Arrowood has been making Reserve designate Cabernet Sauvignon. The same passion that inspired it then, continues today. This is Arrowood's signature Cabernet Sauvignon, composed of the finest barrels of wine sourced from select vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Lush, layered and complex, this wine captures the fingerprint of the variety, the character of terroir, and our finest representation of the vintage.

97 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale was aged for 24 months in French and American oak barrels and comes from several vineyards, including Lasseter, Monte Rosso, Murray Ranch and Smothers-Remick Ridge. It is incredibly expressive, at its peak between supple fruit and savory maturity. Deep ruby, the nose is surprisingly detailed, holding on to a core of blackcurrant and cherry fruit. It offers up continually shifting nuances of dried lavender and rosemary, soy sauce, aged leather, cured beef and the iron-like mineral tones characteristic of many of the Arrowood Cabernets. Powerful but weightless, the full-bodied palate is intense and pure, with layered perfume, powdery tannins, seamless freshness and a very long finish. It will continue to hold in the cellar for another decade." - Erin Brooks (Mar 2023)

92 Points - Vinous Media:
"Inky ruby. Sexy aromas of cherry-cola, cassis, cocoa powder and vanilla Round, dense and palate-staining, with a firm backbone to the sweet, chewy flavors of dark berry preserves, bitter cherry, menthol and minerals. The deep, spicy dark fruit qualities carry through the very long, assertive finish, which features suave, integrated tannins and a hint of candied flowers. This unfined and unfiltered wine spent 30 months in barrels, most of them French." - Josh Raynolds (May 2011)