Jordan’s 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley is a beautifully balanced, food-friendly wine inspired by classic Bordeaux first growths. Despite a challenging vintage, this wine shines with rich cherry, raspberry, and blackberry flavors, layered with hints of vanilla, tobacco, and spice from French oak aging. It’s velvety and structured, with a long, spice-kissed finish — perfect to enjoy now after decanting or cellar until 2035.

Decanter | D 95
Published: Sep 2, 2021
Drink: 2021-2045

Longtime winemaker Rob Davis' masterful balancing act scuppered Mother Nature in a vintage that delivered at least five major heat spikes, along with late-season fires. Luckily for Jordan, harvest was wrapped up by 6 October, well before the fires struck. The wine is impressively fresh, with ripe blackberry, lofty purple florals and sweet cedar aromas courtesy of ageing in 100% French oak. Fine-grained yet grippy tannins coat the full-bodied palate, packed with unctuous layers of blue and black fruits, tobacco, violets and graphite through a cocoa-dusted finish. A real standout from a challenging vintage.
Closure: Natural Cork
Alcohol: 13.60%
Body: Full
Grapes: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Malbec 8% Petit Verdot

Wine Enthusiast | WE 92
Published: Mar, 2022

Earthy in composted earth and crushed rock, this elegant wine is lifted by bright red fruit and floral highlights. Plum, currant and subtle oak combine on the palate for a textured, balanced and enjoyable outcome.

Jordanwinery.com

Modeled after a First Growth Bordeaux, Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has remained one of Sonoma's best Cabernet Sauvignons for four decades with an unwavering commitment to food-friendly wines of balance and elegance.
 
Every vintage of Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon is crafted with a focus on striking a perfect balance between beautiful fruit, silky tannins and a lingering finish. It is this delicate balance all done by taste that allows for the gradual, graceful evolution of Jordan's Cabernet Sauvignon in bottle. Renowned for its consistency of quality vintage after vintage, Jordan has remained one of the top Cabernet Sauvignon brands on the best restaurant wine lists for decades.

The diversity of the collection of crus' estate vineyard blocks that have more clay-rich soils like the Right Bank of Bordeaux and family grower parcels on mid-slope, well-drained Sonoma County vineyards with mineral-rich, gravelly soils reminiscent of Bordeaux's Left Bank gives this new world Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon a complexity found only in the top first growths of the world. 

2017 Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemakers often describe vintages with unusual weather as “challenging” or “unique,” but in 2017, the word used most often was “crazy.” Though it was grown under stressful conditions, the 2017 Jordan emerged as a beauty with charming weight and mature structure in its youth. A vintage that is truly a testament to the resilience of plants and humans alike.

Tasting Notes
Cherry, raspberry and dried herb aromas laced with hints of vanilla and tobacco. The palate has a charming weight and velvety texture filled with intense flavors of black cherries and blackberries, all elevated by a lovely backbone of spice notes from extended aging in French oak barrels. Blackberries and hints of dried herbs linger through the long, spice-kissed finish.

When to drink
Enjoy now after decanting for 90 minutes or cellar through 2035.

Pairing Suggestions
The dark fruit flavors, silky palate and structure make it a lovely wine for food pairing. This wine’s elegance, acidity and spice notes complement grilled or roasted dishes, such as herb-crusted lamb, roasted chicken or grilled pork loin. The wine’s earthiness even complements vegetarian dishes, such as mushroom risotto, ratatouille or roasted root vegetables.