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Inventory updated: Sun, Mar 23, 2025 10:54 AM cst
Our vintages of Abreu wine currently include: 2002, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Flickinger Fine Wines' inventory of Abreu wine is listed below. We have an excellent and vast assortment of fine wines to choose from. If you do not see what you are looking for, give us a call and we can suggest another Abreu vintage or even another producer that we are sure you will enjoy.
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Vint. |
Wine |
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| Abreu |
2017 |
Cappella Proprietary Blend  |
$295 |
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JD 97 (1/2021): Beautiful stuff, the 2017 Capella offers a perfumed, complex style with lots of cassis and darker fruits as well as notes of white flowers, toasty oak, and tobacco. Rich and full-bodied, it has a rounded texture and the firmer tannins of the vintage. The balance is spot on, and it’s going to evolve gracefully for decades.
VM 95 (1/2021): The 2017 Cappella is generous, open-knit and fleshy, as wines from this St. Helena site tend to be. In 2017, the Cappella is maybe just a bit less rich than it can be, but that is a positive, as it will drink well with just a few years in bottle. Silky tannins wrap around a core of intense dark fruit, chocolate, leather and spice notes. The Cappella has an exotic quality that is immensely appealing. Antonio Galloni.
WA 96+ (9/2022): The 2017 Cappella Proprietary Red is just as concentrated as the 2016, but it shows even more interesting dark-fruit flavors. The fruit has soaked up any overt oak notes, leaving waves of super ripe cassis and black cherries to wash over the full-bodied palate, finishing long and velvety, with lingering notes of salted licorice. |
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2018 |
Cappella Proprietary Blend |
$325 |
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WA 99 (9/2022): The nearly perfect—perhaps it will get there in some subsequent tasting—2018 Cappella Proprietary Red seems more balanced and finely structured than the 2016 or 2017 versions, with hints of cedar and vanilla only serving to accent notes of ripe cherries and dusty earth. It's still full-bodied, rich and velvety, yet it shows incredible focus and length on the finish. Wow.
VM 97 (1/2022): The 2018 Cappella is a sensual, rapturous wine. Effusive in its Cabernet Sauvignon aromatic and generous in feel, the 2018 Cappella is all class. Forward, supple fruit and silky tannins make it an absolute pleasure to taste today. Dark cherry, plum, spice and new leather are front and center in this sumptuous, racy Cabernet from David Abreu and Brad Grimes. Antonio Galloni.
JD 98+ (12/2021): The 2018 Capella is just about as good, offering an incredibly complex perfume of blackcurrants, burning embers, camphor, flowers, truffle, and cassis. More medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has ultra-fine tannins, a wonderful core of sweet fruit, flawless balance, and a great finish. Give it 4-5 years. |
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2007 |
Howell Mountain Proprietary Blend Bin-Soiled Label |
$395 |
1 |
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WA 98+ (12/2010): The riveting 2007 Howell Mountain exhibits aromas of black raspberries, blueberries, crushed rocks and flowers along with full-bodied power accompanied by an ethereal delicacy and sublimity that make it a haunting wine to smell and taste. It should drink well for 25+ years.
VM 97 (6/2017): Abreu’s 2007 Howell Mountain (known today as Las Posadas) shows the pedigree of this site in spades. A classic Howell Mountain wine, the 2007 offers fabulous depth and striking inner sweetness, along with remarkable translucence. Graphite, smoke, licorice, plum, lavender, wild flowers and crème de cassis add nuance throughout, but it is the wine’s balance that is truly remarkable. The 2007 was made entirely from the lower section of the vineyard, which was planted in 2002. The 2007 is gorgeous today and will drink well for another decade plus. This is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Merlot. |
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2013 |
Las Posadas Howell Mtn. Proprietary Blend Lightly Bin-Soiled Label |
$475 |
1 |
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| VM 98 (12/2016): The 2013 Las Posadas is superb. Graphite, smoke, lavender, exotic spices and inky crème de cassis fruit power a deeply expressive Howell Mountain wine. Beautifully structured and towering on the palate, the 2013 is showing beautifully today. This is a striking Howell Mountain wine. It is also the most giving and expressive of the Abreu 2013s today, which is surprising given its Howell Mountain origins. This is a superb wine. Antonio Galloni. |
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2014 |
Las Posadas Howell Mtn. Proprietary Blend |
$325 |
1 |
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JD 97 (12/2017): From the estate's Howell Mountain site, the 2014 Las Posadas offers a sensational bouquet of sweet crème de cassis (and lots of blue fruit characteristics, which is classic Howell Mountain), spring flowers, graphite, and crushed rocks, with just a hint of toasty oak in the background. Ethereally textured, powerful yet fresh, concentrated yet graceful, it's a killer wine that does everything right. It lacks the opulence and decadence of the other single vineyards, yet shines for its purity, focus, and precision. Along with the Capella, it's the more approachable of the single vineyard releases.
VM 96 (1/2018): The 2014 Las Posadas shows the strides this Howell Mountain site continues to make. Super-ripe black cherry, plum, bittersweet chocolate, lavender, juniper berry, mint and licorice abound. The pungent aromas and piercing tannins scream of Howell Mountain. Vivid and intense, the 2014 has so much to offer. Even better, the 2014 is surprisingly accessible for a young Howell Mountain Cabernet-based wine. It should drink with minimal cellaring. Antonio Galloni.
WA 95 (10/2018): Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Las Posadas Proprietary Red opens with tons of wild blueberry, mulberries and cassis notes over garrigue, sage, baking spices and dusty soil plus touches of Black Forest cake and cedar. The rich, full-bodied palate is rugged, muscular, lively and concentrated with firm, grainy tannins, finishing very long and earthy. |
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2017 |
Las Posadas Howell Mtn. Proprietary Blend |
$295 |
1 |
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WA 96 (9/2022): The 2017 Las Posadas Proprietary Red—from a vineyard that sits above the fog line on Howell Mountain—is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Scents of caramel and singed sage join notes of dark chocolate and cassis on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is more silky than velvety, showing impressive elegance for a Cabernet-based wine from a mountain site. Already reasonably accessible, it should drink well for close to two decades.
JD 98 (1/2021): Lots of blue fruits, bay leaf, cedar, and chocolate notes emerge from the 2017 Las Posadas, which is one of the standouts of the 2017s from this estate. Lots of foresty notes, spice, cedar, and tobacco emerge with time in the glass, and it has a savory, complex, full-bodied style that builds beautifully with air. Rich and flawlessly balanced, with a great mid-palate, 2017 doesn’t get much better.
VM 97 (1/2021): The 2017 Las Posadas shows just how compelling Howell Mountain can be. The combination of a mountain site and a high percentage of Franc yields a wine of tremendous energy and pure, raw power. Inky dark fruit, gravel, scorched earth and chocolate open first, followed by swaths of Howell Mountain tannin that give the wine its personality and drive. Time in the decanter brings out the wine's imposing depth and textural resonance. This is a gorgeous rendition of Las Posadas. Antonio Galloni. |
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2002 |
Madrona Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon |
$695 |
2 |
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WA 100 (6/2012): The 2002 Madrona Ranch possesses an opaque blue/purple color as well as an extraordinary, enveloping, massive aromatic profile consisting of spring flowers, charcoal, lead pencil shavings, blueberries, raspberries and blackberry liqueur. In the mouth, there is sensational texture, full-bodied intensity, and terrific freshness, precision and vibrancy, despite what is undeniably a massive, rich, intense wine that should age well for another 25-35 years. The 2001s were about as profound as I have ever tasted from Abreu, but the 2002s may be even sexier since they are slightly more evolved.
JD 100 (1/2019): At age 16, the 2002 Madrona Ranch has shed some of its baby fat and has gained incredible complexity and depth, yet it's still young, exuberant, and flamboyant in every way. Offering up a heavenly perfume of blackcurrants, forest floor, menthol, tobacco, and spring flowers as well as hints of new saddle leather, this beauty is seamless and elegant on the palate, with ultra-fine tannins, the density and depth that's the hallmark of this estate, and perfect integration of its fruit, tannins, alcohol, and acidity. This is thrillingly singular stuff from Brad Grimes that could come from nowhere else in the world, and it's one of the great, great wines from Napa Valley. |
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2017 |
Madrona Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon |
$325 |
3 |
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JD 97 (1/2021): Lots of cassis and redcurrant-like fruits emerge from the 2017 Madrona Ranch, which is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. It shines for its elegance, is medium to full-bodied, has wonderful tannins, and reveals complex notes of flowers, truffle, and forest floor. This beautiful, classic 2017 has the charm and elegance to drink well today, yet the density and structure to evolve for 25 years or more.
VM 97 (1/2021): The 2017 Madrona Ranch is such a gorgeous wine. Bright and energetic, the 2017 possesses wonderful vibrancy that gives it striking energy. Red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint, spice and rose petal are some of the many aromas and flavors that open effortlessly. The purity of the 2017 is unreal. Readers will find a wine that deftly balances the richness of the year with a good deal of vibrancy and energy. Like all of these wines, the 2017 Madrona should drink well with (relatively) minimal cellaring. Antonio Galloni. |
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2016 |
Rothwell Hyde Proprietary Blend |
$179 |
1 |
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JD 94 (1/2021): I was thrilled to taste the 2016 Rothwell Hyde as it was the only 2016 I hadn’t tasted. This was a great, great vintage for Napa and this quality shows, with the wine possessing a youthful, vibrant hue as well as classic notes of crème de cassis, violets, chocolate, and truffly earth. It’s concentrated, medium to full-bodied, and elegant on the palate. It’s going to evolve for two decades, but it sure offers loads of pleasure today.
VM 94 (1/2020): The 2016 Rothwell Hyde is a gorgeous wine to drink now, for readers who can find it. Soft and elegant with silky tannins and fabulous balance, the 2016 has so much to offer already. Black cherry, mocha, espresso, licorice, lavender and spice contribute aromatic nuance, but more than anything else, the 2016 is racy and open-knit, with tons of immediacy. Readers will have a hard time keeping their hands off this gem. Antonio Galloni. |
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