2016 Red Wine, Napa Valley
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Dark, powerful, and juicy, with terrific fruit intensity from start to finish. Black cherry, chocolate, plum, licorice, and spice infuse this pliant, super-expressive wine.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Varietal
Red Blend
Appellation
Napa Valley
Harvest Date
09/2016
Sugar
0
Aging
24 Months in French Oak
Bottling Date
08/2018
Residual Sugar
0
Alcohol %
14.9
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
The near-perfect 2016 growing season started early, saw ideal weather conditions throughout and wrapped up as the valley's first significant fall rainstorm arrived on October 14. Thanks to a relatively steady and mild July and August and then a series of warm days at the end of the growing season, vineyards were able to progress to perfect ripeness. Wines from the 2016 vintage are now quietly developing in cellars throughout Napa Valley and vintners are pinching themselves and smiling for the gift it appears Mother Nature has given them: a fifth consecutive vintage of stellar quality Napa Valley wines.
Production Notes
Arriving in small picking lugs from the vineyards, the clusters were hand sorted, de-stemmed, and hand sorted again, berry-by-berry. A two-day cold soak was followed by primary fermentation in small, open-top stainless steel tanks. Following an extended maceration, the fruit was gently pressed and the wine moved to barrel for secondary fermentation. The wine was aged for 19 months in rare 100% New French Artisan Oak barrels with minimal racking. Multiple, blending trials, determined the final blend, which was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Winemaker Notes
51% Malbec, 39% Cabernet, 10% Cabernet Franc
Other Notes
Time in the glass brings out a kick of brightness that nicely balances some of the wine's more overt leanings. Drinking window: 2021 - 2031