Duckhorn Howell Mountain Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 750ML

A wine of power and grandeur, this mountain-grown Cabernet displays beautiful aromas of huckleberry, black cherry, brambly blackberry and plum, as well as notes of savory tobacco leaf and brown sugar. On the palate, the voluptuous fruit flavors are supported by robust mountain tannins and an age-worthy structure, with notes of candied red cherry, baking spice, cigar box and herbs adding layered complexity to a remarkably long finish. 94pts Wine & Spirits "We tasted the 2016 and 2017 vintages of this wine side-by-side, not knowing they were related. With an additional year of age, the '16 is beginning to show its elegance, the wine's black-currant richness lending depth and power as if captured at a peak moment of ripeness. The fruit is fragrant and savory, taking on scents of fine cigar tobacco as it blossoms over the course of several days. A pretty wine with underlying intensity and structure of Howell Mountain cabernet. This should age well for ten years or more." 93pts Decanter