DuMOL Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

  • 95 Jeb
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  • 95 Robert
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  • 90 Connoisseurs'
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Vintage
2016

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750ML

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Winemaker Notes

The famed Tench Vineyard sits at the western base of the Vaca Mountains in east Oakville, an area created by a landslide thousands of years ago. Red, rugged soils of clay and volcanic rock yield dark, gravelly, powerful wines with broad, voluptuous mouth-filling tannins and a depth of texture that is unmistakable and hard to replicate elsewhere.

Deep, penetrating aromas emerge from an initial tarry, earthy headiness: black fruits, dark chocolate, graphite and black licorice with an interplay of fresh thyme and tobacco leaf. On the palate, an immediate expansion of rich, pure, black fruits harmonizes with supple, mouth-filling tannins, keeping the wine focused and precise, flickering between fruity and savory notes. There is a vertical drive to the wine that expands through a finish of bitter cocoa, sweet oak and spice. Drink between late 2019 and 2030.

Professional Ratings

  • 95

    Lastly, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Tench Vineyard comes from a site just beside Screaming Eagle and is a selection from vines planted in 1990. Aged 20 months in 75% new French oak, it shows the more elegant side to the vineyard, which normally produces a rich, full-throttle style of wine. Tons of purple fruits, graphite, chocolate, and some obvious minerality all flow to a full-bodied Cabernet that has a stacked mid-palate, beautiful tannins, and a great finish. It still has textbook Tench character yet holds onto the more classical, elegant style of DuMol. Drink it over the coming two decades or more.

  • 95

    Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Tench Vineyard is profoundly scented of creme de cassis, baked plums and blueberry pie with suggestions of tar, licorice, chargrill, crushed rocks and fertile loam plus wafts of baker's chocolate and licorice. Full-bodied, concentrated and chock-full of black fruit and earthy layers, it has a firm, velvety texture and just enough freshness, finishing on a lingering anise note. Rating: 95+

  • 90

    With a concentrated, moderately intense nose of berries and red currants framed in sweet, mildly crème-brûlée like oak setting the stage and rich, but youthfully tight flavors that follow suit, DuMol’s Tench Vineyard bottling is a deep, still-nascent wine that adheres to classic Cabernet lines. It is not a sprawling wine, but it is ripe and very keenly focused and, while fairly tannic, it finishes with plenty of persistent fruit. It promises good things down the line but is very much in need of patient waiting and asks for a good half-dozen more years in the cellar before it rounds into top shape.

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DuMOL is a “vineyard up” winery with a fully integrated approach to winegrowing and winemaking. DuMOL planted its high-density estate vineyards and has farmed many of California’s most renowned vineyards for more than two decades. 

Commitment to craft 

DuMOL sticks to what works and is focused on the fundamentals, finding inspiration in master, visionary producers around the world as DuMOL continually hones its craft—never imitating, ever refining. 

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This is a project that comes from who the DuMOL team is and what they love. A deep connection is paramount: to the land, the wines, and the customers. 

Heritage and experience 

Founded in 1996, DuMOL is a latter-day pioneer in the Russian River Valley. Winemaker, Viticulturist and Partner, Andy Smith, farmed the region for nearly a decade before joining in 1999, and Associate Winemakers Julie Cooper and Jenna Davis, and Cellar Master Jaime Eufracio, have over 40 years combined experience at DuMOL. 

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