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Tue, Mar 18, 2025 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Mar 25, 2025 08:00PM EDT
  • 2012
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Napa Valley > Rutherford
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
  • OWC
Lot 1115

2012 Inglenook Rubicon Red Rutherford - 6 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$1,200 - CAD$1,700

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This lot is comprised of 6 bottle(s) of 2012 Inglenook Rubicon Red Rutherford - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1200 - $1700 with a reserve of $850. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11276.

Condition

Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Base Neck and In Neck

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An Ontario-based consignor, who credits his passion for wine back to a 1982 Chateau Margaux, started his collection two decades ago. His bottles were acquired through the LCBO and SAQ. A long-time client of Iron Gate, he stores his bottles in a custom-designed home cellar that is both temperature and humidity-controlled.
The rating for 2012 Inglenook Rubicon Red Rutherford is 95 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon, which used to be a proprietary blend and had a somewhat rustic, Italian personality, has now been put under the Inglenook Vineyard designation. Where the Cabernet Sauvignon was a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Merlot, the Rubicon has abandoned any Italian varietals in favor of a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Merlot. I think it’s safe to say this is potentially the best Rubicon made to date. It’s not to denigrate other vintages, but there is a finesse and elegance combined with great richness and an avoidance of any rusticity that plagued some of the other vintages – which is to be admired. At three times the price, it’s not three times the wine of the Cask Cabernet Sauvignon. It possesses a dense purple color, beautiful, sweet crème de cassis notes with a floral underpinning. I don’t see any of the Rutherford dust, per se, but there is an undertone of earthiness. The wine is full-bodied, rich, potentially complex and certainly capable of lasting 20 to 30 or more years. This is a great young Rubicon that will have its peak in 5-7 years and last 25-30.