lavors of ripe cherry, Logan berry and vanilla flood the palate. Our second vintage of Napa Valley Cabernet produced a more serious wine this year. The 2010 vintage offers a note of sophistication with a more rich, dark, tamed nose that’s seductive and captivating. The tannins integrate beautifully into the wine as it opens to show its nice earth and terroir components. It’s big, rich, and chewy on the palate with a long and graceful finish.
The 2012 growing season brought us long cool and even temperatures that allowed our single-vineyard estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon to ripen slowly and completely, providing a remarkable elegance. Black cherry and cranberry aromas introduce a lush, seemingly sweet, mid-palate filled with ripe fruit flavors and a flood of fine tannins. Natural acidity completes this balance in a long lingering finish. This wine will continue to bottle age gracefully for many years to come.
The flagship wine, this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is full and rich and utterly even across the palate: side-to-side and front-to-back. The vineyards on Howell Mountain, Mt Veeder, and Atlas Peak provided structural elements that fit perfectly with the rich middle of the Calistoga Cabernet. Ripe black fruit character combines richly with chocolate and espresso flavors. The balances of fruit, oak, alcohol, extract, and natural acidity draw these flavors and soft fine tannins across the palate and linger there seemingly endlessly.