Gemstone Vineyard Heritage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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2016 is being described by wine critics and vintners as a near-perfect growing season and an incredibly beautiful, classic year for Napa Valley. The wines shine for their purity of fruit, ripe, polished tannins, and impeccable balance. Ample moisture throughout the winter months; followed by a warm and even growing season allowing ripeness to be achieved slowly and evenly.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Estate ‘Heritage Selection’ Cabernet Sauvignon opens with bold, beautiful black cherries, blackberry compote, licorice, Marmite toast and tapenade scents plus wafts of cassis, violets and chargrill. Full-bodied, rich and decadent, the tannins are exquisitely ripe with wonderful freshness, finishing very long and layered.
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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.
One of Napa Valley's most historic sub-appellations, Yountville spreads through some of the valley's ideal cooler sites and enjoys success with a handful of different and significant grape varieties.
Syrah competes strongly with Cabernet Sauvignon here for optimal vineyard real estate followed by Pinot noir, Pinot blanc and Sauvignon blanc.
This sub-AVA of Napa Valley is rich in the history that makes Napa Valley what it is today, and not just for red wines. Moët & Chandon entered the California winemaking business via Yountville in 1973 with the establishment Domaine Chandon. Their goal has always been to produce top quality méthode champenoise sparkling wines.
Christian Moueix, originally responsible for managing Chateau Petrus and La Fleur-Petrus in Pomerol, arrived in Yountville in the early 1980s. He formed a partnership with Rohin Lail and Marcia Smith, inheritors of Napanook vineyard from their father John Daniel of Inglenook in Rutherford. In 1995 Moueix became sole owner of Napanook and chose the name Dominus, which today produces some of Napa’s highest scoring, age-worthy Bordeaux Blends.