Jeb Dunnuck [2021]
International Wine Report [2022]
International Wine Report [2021]
Wine Advocate [2021]
Jeb Dunnuck [2022]
International Wine Report [2020]
Jeb Dunnuck [2020]
Wine Advocate [2020]
Wine: 2021 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon
Score/Rating: 96+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026-2044
Review Date: 12/26/2023
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Another gorgeous wine from the talented Caitlin Lhommeau [sic], the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon (95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot) offers a dense, concentrated style in its ripe blue fruits (cassis, blueberries) as well as pure, liquid violet-like nuances. It's rich, full-bodied, has plenty of tannins, and a juicy, unevolved style that's going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age.
Wine: L'ENVOLEE Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2022
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027 - 2048
Review Date: 11/2024
Reviewed By: J. D'Angelo
Tasting Notes: The 2022 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon is a wonderful showing in this vintage, displaying vibrant aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, and black cherries, elegantly interwoven with hints of spring flowers, sage, and exotic spices. On the palate, it reveals a medium-to-full body with a polished texture and a dense, concentrated core of sweet, ripe dark fruits. The wine's freshness and lively acidity provide balance, enhancing its richness without compromising its elegance. The finish is exceptionally long and refined, leaving lingering impressions of fruit, floral notes, and a touch of spice. A beautifully crafted Cabernet with both power and poise.
Wine: L'ENVOLEE Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2021
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027-2048
Review Date: 11/2024
Reviewed By: J. D'Angelo
Tasting Notes: The [...] L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon is a lovely showing that offers a [sic] inviting boysenberries, cassis and cherries, beautifully laced with spring flowers, lavender, and a touch of exotic spice. Hints of crushed gravel add a subtle mineral complexity. On the palate, it strikes an elegant balance between medium and full body, with polished tannins and a vibrant freshness that lifts the rich fruit flavors. The acidity is refined, enhancing its structure without overpowering the wine's delicate nuances. The finish is remarkably long, leaving a lasting impression of floral notes and stony minerality. A harmonious and sophisticated expression of Napa terroir.
Wine: 2021 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon
Score/Rating: 94+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2027 - 2040
Review Date: 07/03/2024
Reviewed By: Joe Czerwinski
Tasting Notes: The Lhommeaus [sic] continue to source their micro-production of Cabernet Sauvignon from an eastern Oakville vineyard under an agreement not to mention the exact source. L'Envolee's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon delivers notes of vibrant cherries, hints of dried herbs and relatively modest oak, despite both barrels being new. It's medium to full-bodied, silky and taut on the mid-palate, with a long, focused finish.
Wine: 2022 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Score/Rating: 94
Review Date: 01/08/2025
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: [...] the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley shines in the vintage and has a pure, layered, elegant style as well as the sunny, sexy style of the vintage. Black raspberries, cassis, spicy wood, and dried flower notes all shine in this beauty, and it's medium to full-bodied, with a balanced mouthfeel and a great finish.
Wine: L'ENVOLEE Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2020
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2023 - 2035
Review Date: 06/2023
Reviewed By: J. D'Angelo
Tasting Notes: The 2020 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon is a total success in this vintage. It begins with inviting aromatics of black raspberries, cassis and bramble berries, which are woven together with violets, licorice and underlying dried spice nuances all developing beautifully in the glass. On the palate this possesses a medium body with a gorgeous velvety texture, that is framed by flavors of black and red fruits. It goes on to impress with its outstanding combination of opulence and finesse all the way through the finish. Readers won't need to wait long to approach this, it is absolutely fantastic today.
Wine: 2020 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon
Score/Rating: 94
Suggested Drinking Window: 2023 - 2038
Review Date: 02/16/2023
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: A beautiful wine, especially given the challenging vintage, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon [...]Â was harvested the day before the Glass fire. Lots of red and black fruits, smoked tobacco, cedarwood, and loamy earth-like nuances emerge from the glass, and it's medium to full-bodied, has ripe tannins, and a layered, satisfying, undeniably delicious style perfect for drinking over the coming 10-15 years.
Wine: 2020 L'Envolee Cabernet Sauvignon
Score/Rating: 92
Suggested Drinking Window: 2023 - 2033
Review Date: 03/31/2023
Reviewed By: Joe Czerwinski
Tasting Notes: The second vintage (the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is from the same source as the 2019) was produced in similar minute quantities [...]. Harvested on September 27 and matured in new French oak (Taransaud and Darnajou), it offers up toasty, smoky accents (from the barrels) against a backdrop of deliciously ripe cassis fruit. It's medium to full-bodied, not quite as rich or harmonious as the 2019 but still a fine effort, with some red-fruit notes peeking through on the long, velvety finish.
