A beautiful follow up to the 2012 vintage, our 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley has a nose that is filled with aromas of honeydew melon, white peaches, white flowers, grapefruit, lemon meringue, and green apple. There is great viscosity and weight in the palate followed by a vibrant acidity on the finish that gives the wine a juicy mouth-watering presence. The wine has flavors of grapefruit, orange zest, cucumber, hazelnut, and a mineral/flinty edge.
This vintage, despite being later and cooler than usual, produced wines with great color, intensity, and balanced mature tannins. The wine has aromas of cherry, raspberry, dried sage, vanilla extract, and brambles. The density and weight in the palate is thick and velvety. The tannins are elegant, smooth, and rich.
Aromas of raspberry, dried cranberry, cherry cola, berry compote, and fruit leather with cinnamon, clove, graham cracker, and slight tobacco from the oak. The wine is rich and dense with large, balanced tannins. The palate has flavors of pomegranate, rhubarb, piecrust, allspice, and fresh red fruits. This is a great example of the way in which Howell Mountain outperformed by virtue of being above the fog - Antonio Galloni