Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvée N 2019

Our Reserve wines carry a tremendous history, backed by 17 years of dedicated production and craftsmanship. Carefully selected from small lots of exceptional barrels, this collection is limited and highly curated. These single-vineyard expressions are sourced from some of the most renowned wine-growing regions in the United States. Each wine highlights the very best of its local terroir, crafted in partnership with distinguished growers who produce outstanding expressions of each grape variety. Aged in French oak barrels, these wines develop remarkable structure, depth, and elegance. With tremendous aging capacity, they are true collectors' must-haves—built to evolve beautifully over time.

This wine opens with enticing aromas of waxy fruit, graphite, roasted peppers, dark plums, ripe bing cherries and notes of stewed plums.  Truely a rollercoaster of a wine, we see darker fruit appear in the mouth with notes of dark plums, juicy black cherries and blackberries, melded with hints of hardwoods, vanilla, brown spice (cloves, cinnamon), cocoa, and green pepper.  The mouthfeel is super velvety and  plush - big but smooth and it all leads up to a, lengthy finish.

Situated on an alluvial fan west of Yountville, with To-Kalon and Vine Hill to the north, this vineyard is the real deal and consistently produces top quality wines.  Yountville is the town where the first grapes were planted in Napa (in 1836).

Hand picked grapes, with 20% whole clusters, were given a five day cold soak, followed by 20 days alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeast, followed by a 1 month extended maceration, for a total of nearly 60 days on skins.  Daily punch down and pump over.  Full native alcoholic and native malolactic fermentation.  Made from 100% free run. No fining, no filtration before bottling.

Fresh acidity allows this wine to complement hearty rack of lamb and prime rib.  It also has ripe, rich fruit character to complement Humboldt Fog cheese.  Enjoy a hearty vegetarian dish of roasted beets topped with bucheron cheese. Of course, the plush, full body yields a wine that you could drink by itself and meditate over its complexity much as you would a fine Amarone.