Loads of loamy soil notes followed by blue and black fruits give this cabernet massive depth and beautiful integrated tannins. Pure 100% cabernet Sauvignon, this vineyard continually astonishes. Antonio Galloni's Vinous (December 2016), 91 pts The effects of the drought are felt in the wine's slightly roasted profile. Superripe black cherry, plum, chocolate and licorice add to an impression of flamboyance that sits on the edge of being too much. "The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Casey's Lakeview Vineyard is the most overt of these wines. Ageing in French oak barrels (85% new) for 20 months, then 12 months in bottle prior to release. Organic farming methods are used to produce this Cabernet Sauvignon Casey's Lakeview vineyard. Excellent drainage from the rocky and chalky soils plus plenty of sunlight throughout the day produces wines of bold character with mouth filling flavors. Lakeview Vineyard is the winery’s mid-block vineyard planted to a combination of clone 6 & 337 Cabernet Sauvignon on 101-14 rootstock. It is deep, full-bodied, and again, a masculine style of wine that needs at least 4-5 years of cellaring and should keep for 25 or more years. The Cabernet Sauvignon Casey’s Lakeview is similarly inky bluish/purple to the rim. Tasting like blood, this wine is dense and rich with lots of chocolate, espresso, earth and spice. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #228, December 2016), 90 pts Ripe, medium to full-bodied and luscious, it is a classic to drink over the next 15 or more years. The are some notes of unsmoked cigar and licorice as well. This opaque purple-colored wine has plenty of mulberry and blackcurrant fruit along with hints of blackberries, camphor and incense. "The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet aged 20 months in 86% new French oak, with the typical suspects in terms of cooperage – Darnajou, Taransaud, and Remond. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Eagle Summit Vineyard on Howell Mountain.Whether you open it young or wait a few decades, this vintage does Howell Mountain proud-sophisticated and smart, with a rustic wild side.Ĭresta Velia Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is made from 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Juicy blackberry, plum, and bright cherry explode in the mouth, and develop into savory notes of baked black fruit and fresh pencil shavings on the mid-palate.Įagle Summit Vineyard’s signature eucalyptus appears on the back palate to brighten the fruit, showing fragrant peppermint and warm, toasty spices through the finish. The nose promises fresh black fruits, cherries and a touch of graphite, and the palate completely delivers. Dry, even temperatures marched the grapes along at a steady clip all year and created a wine with beautifully integrated fruit, acidity, and tannin.ĭense and dark magenta in color, this is a lithe and energetic vintage with lifted aromatics and a purity of fruit that lights up the medium-bodied tannin structure. Early to bud and early to ripen, the 2014 vintage was our third drought year in a row.
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