Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

Features
Collectible

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Volcanic Hill is the longest lived of the Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Full bodied, loaded with intense ripe berry fruit, cassis, violets and a smoky richness, finishing with good length and firm tannins.

Professional Ratings

  • 97

    The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.5% Merlot, 8.7% Malbec and 2.8% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it bursts with vibrant scents of wild blueberries, chocolate-covered cherries and boysenberries with hints of sassafras, fragrant earth, vanilla pod and underbrush, plus a waft of crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers fantastic purity and depth, offering firm, grainy tannin's to support the bags of earth-laced black fruits, finishing long and mineral laced. Rating : 97+

  • 97

    Blackberries, blueberries, pine needles and lots of blue fruit. Full-bodied with layers of soft tannins that are meshed and finely integrated. Creamy. Bright and friendly.

  • 93

    By any standard, a very good and eminently collectable Cabernet that clearly shows its Diamond Creek lineage, the Volcanic Hill bottling is, in this outing and relative to its mates, a little more obvious in its tannins and a tad less polished as a result. It wants for nothing in the way of fruity substance and stuffing, and its curranty varietal bona fides are as solid as solid can be. It is, as are its two companions, a wine meant for the cellar rather than one to drink anytime soon, and there is little doubt in our minds that it will continue to evolve positively for ten to fifteen years and very likely more

  • 93

    This may be the most youthfully complicated and reticent of the estate’s 2018s. Its blackcurrant flavors feel light against the substantial oak tannins until the wine begins to open two days later. The pyrazine notes turn toward sweet raspberry and anise, the tannins turning gentler even as the oak character persists. Volcanic Hill often needs a decade or more to fully show itself.

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Diamond Creek, California's first "Cabernet only" estate vineyard, was established in 1968. Visionary pioneer, Al Brounstein, defied modern convention and planted Bordeaux varietals on secluded Diamond Mountain. The three distinct soil types on theis 20-acre property produce different single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons. Light ash soild of Volcanic Hill is in sharp contrast to the iron-rich Red Rock Terrace and the pebbly Gravelly Meadow. Each year, the estate produces a small amount of long-lived wines that are revered by connoisseurs the world over.

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A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.

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Diamond Mountain is the northernmost mountain appellation in the Mayacamas Range, on the northwest side of the valley floor, above the town of Calistoga. Defined mainly by elevation, vineyards are planted at 400 to 2,200 feet.

Diamond Mountain vineyards receive plenty of sunshine at these elevations and are typically above the coastal fog line. But given its western proximity, the area still easily cools down from early morning and late afternoon Pacific Ocean breezes. The AVA (American Viticultural Area) covers 5,000 acres but just over 500 acres are under vine.

Diamond Mountain soils, mainly weathered, red sedimentary rock and decomposed, volcanic ash, are infertile, quick-draining and produce small, thick-skinned grapes, bursting with chewy tannins.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Zinfandel have great success here.

Like other sub-appellations in Napa Valley, the Diamond Mountain area had no shortage of pioneer winemakers. Rudy von Strasser led the effort for Diamond Mountain to acquire AVA status in 1999.

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