Description
This bold red begins heady, dark, opulent and vinuous from the start. The nose lifts with ripe plums, a touch of soy, salt shoreline and dried cloves. The feel of this brooding black mass of a wine hits your mouth like a mixing bowl full of chocolate dipped cherries with outside edges of caramels, toffees, and French Oak vanillin. The mouthfeel is large and slippery and while certainly drinking incredibly in the most youthful stage of its life, the sense the tannins will melt and smooth nicely over the next 5 years is eminent.
- Country: United States
- Region: California
- Appellation: Napa Valley
- Sub Appellation: Howell Mountain
- Size: 750ml
- Color: Red
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
By far and away the most recognized and widely grown red wine grape varietal in the world is the Cabernet Sauvignon. First cultivated in the 18th century in France, this wonderful cross of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes has long since been the most important varietal for red wines across the globe. Now grown everywhere from its native France to the furthest reaches of the New World, Cabernet Sauvignon is adored and prized by wineries for its hardiness and resistance to rot, as well as its large and sharp flavors and wonderful capability for fine aging Indeed, many of the finest wines of history and the modern age would be simply unimaginable without Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, with the famed wineries of Bordeaux and other important regions using it as the primary grape in their oak aged produce. High tannin levels, acidity and powerful flavors are the characteristics most commonly associated with this varietal, however, when blended and slowly aged, it is capable of a world of flavors and aromas unmatched by any other grape.
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