EPONYMOUS CABERNET SAUVIGNON - 2002

Eponymous (adj) - a person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something.

Winemaker Bob Pepi is an innovative winemaker of Sauvignon Blanc and Sangiovese in Napa Valley. He sold the winery that carried his namesake and started this new winery cleverly titled "Eponymous." Pepi produces Cabernet Sauvignon exclusively in Napa at Eponymous.

TASTING NOTES:

Clean, ripe blackberry, currant and oak with mouth-drying tannins. Upon tasting again the second day, the wine opened up considerably yielding softer, lusher fruit and a rounder mouthfeel.

SCORE & RECOMMENDATION:

91 PTS
Excellent mouth puckering tannins with good acidity. This wine will age for at least another 5 years. Retails for around $40 a bottle which is an excellent value for Napa Cabernet of this caliber.