Fresh red fruits on the nose with light oak, chocolates, light licorice, earth, sweet tobacco, herbs, mediterranean spices, tea leaf and light green vegetables.
Medium plus in body and elegant with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cherries, light oak, spices, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, bell pepper and peppercorn.
Tangy and spicy finish with fine grained tannins.
This young Napa Cabernet feels very fresh and youthful, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Juicy and tangy, complex and interesting. Spicy and entertaining, elegant and easy drinking
Not your typical Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, and feels more like a Left Bank Bordeaux.
The Cabernet Franc seems to be very dominant right now. Earthier than I expected, and showing more fruits on the nose than the palate at this point.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
I had a few different vintages of this wine, and my favorite so far is the 2016.
Good right out of the bottle, and even better the next day, when much of the vegetable notes dissipate.
A good sipping wine that paired very well with my Lamb T-bone dish.
A blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Merlot. Aged for 22 months in (50% New) French Oak barrels.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$50.
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Picked up the ’22 online before Christmas at ~$40 / bottle and nearly opened it this evening. Those are really helpful notes – I’ve been tempted to crack it open as the Cab Franc seems like an interesting addition that’d give it some Bordeaux-esque earthy or barnaryd notes. Good to know that’s there, but…may give it a bit more bottle age.
On a semi-related note, had the ’23 Aperture from Alexander Valley and while it’s 95% cabernet sauvignon, the inclusion of malbec and petit verdot gave it a nice spicey note and likely contributed to leather/cigarbox undertones. Likewise at $44 / bottle here and tempted to buy a few to see how they age.
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Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Fresh red fruits on the nose with light oak, chocolates, light licorice, earth, sweet tobacco, herbs, mediterranean spices, tea leaf and light green vegetables.
Medium plus in body and elegant with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cherries, light oak, spices, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, bell pepper and peppercorn.
Tangy and spicy finish with fine grained tannins.
This young Napa Cabernet feels very fresh and youthful, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Juicy and tangy, complex and interesting. Spicy and entertaining, elegant and easy drinking
Not your typical Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, and feels more like a Left Bank Bordeaux.
The Cabernet Franc seems to be very dominant right now. Earthier than I expected, and showing more fruits on the nose than the palate at this point.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
I had a few different vintages of this wine, and my favorite so far is the 2016.
Good right out of the bottle, and even better the next day, when much of the vegetable notes dissipate.
A good sipping wine that paired very well with my Lamb T-bone dish.
A blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Merlot. Aged for 22 months in (50% New) French Oak barrels.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$50.
Picked up the ’22 online before Christmas at ~$40 / bottle and nearly opened it this evening. Those are really helpful notes – I’ve been tempted to crack it open as the Cab Franc seems like an interesting addition that’d give it some Bordeaux-esque earthy or barnaryd notes. Good to know that’s there, but…may give it a bit more bottle age.
On a semi-related note, had the ’23 Aperture from Alexander Valley and while it’s 95% cabernet sauvignon, the inclusion of malbec and petit verdot gave it a nice spicey note and likely contributed to leather/cigarbox undertones. Likewise at $44 / bottle here and tempted to buy a few to see how they age.