2016 Spottswoode, Cabernet Sauvignon, St Helena, Napa Valley, California, USA
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Cabernet Sauvignon
Ready, but will improve
Product: 20168115551
Description
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is still very tight and youthful, slowly unfurling to reveal a multifaceted wine with tons of black, blue and red fruit sparks—plums, cherries, black currants and red currants—with dark chocolate, cedar chest, black tea and red roses in the background plus wafts of pencil lead and prosciutto. Medium-bodied and firmly textured by superbly ripe, grainy tannins, it has a fantastic core of intense, complex layers, finishing on an edifying mineral note. Wow! 2022-2060.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 14.4
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon
Body Full Bodied
Producer Spottswoode Estate
About this wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Spottswoode Estate
Spottswoode is a historic, family-owned Napa vineyard and winery renowned for its exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon. Established in 1882 by George Schonewald, the estate is distinguished by the pre-Prohibition Victorian building depicted on the wine label. Spottswoode was named by Mrs. Albert Spotts in 1910, and it was acquired by Mary and Jack Novak in 1972. Mary released Spottswoode’s first Cabernet Sauvignon in 1982, exactly one hundred years after the estate was founded.
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