Reviews
Hughes Wellman 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
Gold Medal: 2013 Critics Challenge; 90 Points: Wine Enthusiast; Our flagship Napa Cabernet. Piercing aromas of cassis, plum and blackberry with coffee bean and mocha notes.
(10 Reviews)

- Vintage
- 2009
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon 78%, Merlot 15%, Petit Verdot 7%
- Alcohol by Volume
- 14.5%
- Cases Produced
- 500
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2028
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Peter
A pleasure to drink!
An excellent cab at a value price. By far the best cab Cameron Hughes has released to date! We ordered a second case before it was gone.
tracy
Best Cab!
One of the best cabs I have had in a long time! Drink it slow and savor......
Peter
Excellent Cab that will not disappoint
The most enjoyable wine I've purchased from CH so far! Stock up while you can...
Victor
Drink Up
Drinking very well right now. Pop and pour gives you a chance to thoroughly revel in a dark fruit and graphite nose mellowing into dark, juicy, well integrated wine with soft tannins and long finish as the wine opens up.
Don't miss the experience by decanting for an hour first. It tastes great after an hour, of course, but the evolution over the first hour is delightful.
john
Excellent
Got this during one of your 5 hr sales. Sale price plus wine club discount and free shipping makes this a steal. Thank you
Phillip
Excellent!
My wife and I have been drinking "big cab" CH wines since 2009 - and have enjoyed Lots 300, 400 and 500 in particular. This 2009 HW is spectacular. Even among the storied company of the even-hundred lots that Cameron has been releasing of late....this 2009 HW cab stands above.
Chris
Excellent!
Very smooth, delicious and dark wine. This bottle will crush any $100+ Cab from Napa.
Victor
Very Refined
This is a very elegant, graceful bottle of wine. Full bodied and smooth, but not bold. Subtle, but complex dark fruit, with a hint of earth.
The perfect wine for a beautifully rare, lightly pepper-crusted filet mignon with a brandy cream sauce reduction.
PaulHoran
Stunning and complex
This wine is, hands down, one of the finest Napa Cabs I've **ever**' tasted. I'd rank it right up there with bottles costing 2x or 3x, and at this price point, it's a steal! Drinking great now (with a 2 hour decant) and I can only imagine where it's going to go in the next decade.
Congratulations to the entire Hughes/Wellman team for such a standout effort.
Jessabelly
Awesome!
I am a huge fan all of the Hughes Wellman Cabernet and this one is the very best they've had, IMO. There is something so complex about this wine. I took it to a Cab tasting with friends and almost everyone in the room picked this one as their favorite, even though some of the other ones ended up being much more expensive! LOVE it.