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AXR - Proprietary Red2021

RED WINE

PUBLIC
June 2025
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AXR - Proprietary Red label
  • Producer AXR
  • Blend 7% Cabernet Franc
    75% Cabernet Sauvignon
    15% Malbec
    3% Petit Verdot
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • Appellation Napa Valley
  • UPC 051497341411

Reviews

Jeb Dunnuck 92

While the 2021 Proprietary Red could be released as a Cabernet Sauvignon (it's 75% Cabernet Sauvignon), they've opted to keep it as a Proprietary blend to allow for more flexibility in the future. It has a great nose of juicy blue fruits and subtle cassis as well as medium to full-bodied richness, some textbook Cabernet chocolate and tobacco notes, a round, mouth-filling texture, and outstanding length. It's a beautiful wine that will evolve for 10-12 years.

by JD, Jeb Dunnuck , 2023

James Suckling 94

Blackberry, blackcurrant, dark chocolate and spices. Bright and vivid. Medium-bodied with firm, racy tannins and excellent length. There's an energy and focused directness with lovely length. 75% cabernet sauvignon, 15% mablec, 7% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot. Drink or hold.

by JS, James Suckling , 2024

Technical Details

Description

This is the AXR flagship wine, made with intention and showing a direct reflection of the prestigious vineyards it comes from: oak knoll, yountville, coombsville.

Estate

The history of the AXR estate is compounded in layers; rooted in historic tales of fierce Native American hunting grounds, wild west pioneers and the first woman vintner of California in 1886. It has changed hands over the course of 134 years to become a brewery, restaurant, inn, winery and saloon. Tales of love, lust, heartbreak, murders and great fortune create an imaginative backdrop to the present-day vision of AXR.

Named after the AxR rootstalk (Aramond x Rupestris) that was so prominent in building the modern California wine industry, AXR Winery pays homage to the so-called “roots” of the industry. By utilizing modern and innovative techniques in the cellar, AXR extract the uniqueness of Napa Valley’s soils into wines enjoyable now, or many years from now.

They start with hand-picked grapes, naturally fermented in small handcrafted lots, add in the expertise and palette of renowned consulting winemaker Jean Hoefliger, and you have a recipe for stunning wines that promote even better conversations, more laughs, and an invitation for others to join the group!

Tasting notes

Deep dark cherry with touches of magenta and Ferrari red on the rim. The nose shows beautiful spice like thyme, rosemary, cedar, peaches, plums, bubble bath, chocolate, black truffle, and pine needle, dark honey. The palate has a round dense entrance evolving on a velvety fruity palate lingering on freshness of tannins with touches of Mirabelle plum, red apple pie, pears, mocha.

Vinification

Fermentation: 16 days on skin (80% tank fermentation, 20% barrel fermentation)
Aging: 12 Months in 100% french oak, 40% new
Vineyards:oak knoll, yountville, coombsville