Duckhorn Vineyards Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Red Wine

Duckhorn Vineyards Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 

Napa Valley, CA

93 pts. Wine Spectator:

"A dark, winey version, featuring heavy steeped black currant and black cherry notes that are still tightly coiled up, with graphite, tar and sweet tobacco notes. Reveals a buried sleek iron accent, which lends length and focus through the structured yet racy finish. A textbook Howell Mountain Cabernet. Drink now through 2035..."

FROM THE WINERY

Duckhorn Vineyards has sourced grapes from this distinctive region for more than a quarter century and has crafted a Howell Mountain bottling since 1989. Recognized as one of the Napa Valley’s most acclaimed winegrowing regions, grapes from Howell Mountain are famous for producing age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignons with rich, deep color and excellent structure. To encourage further complexity, we bottle-age this mountain-grown wine one year longer than our other wines prior to release.

VINTAGE NOTES

2019 brought another exceptional vintage to Napa Valley, resulting in wines with alluring polish and poise! The season began with a wet winter followed by a mild spring. While this led to a slightly later-than-normal start to the season, ideal summer weather with no significant heat spikes ensured ideal flavor development, yielding complex and vibrant whites, and refined reds with elegant tannins, enticing aromatics and beautiful fruit flavors.

WINEMAKING NOTES

This bold and luxurious mountain wine begins with inviting aromas of blackberry, black cherry, fresh mint and huckleberry. On the palate it is full and layered, with robust, age-worthy tannins and gorgeous flavors of dark berries, mocha and chocolate-covered cherries mingling with hints of pencil shavings, figs and fine leather as it draws to a long, rich finish.

WINEMAKING

Appellation: Napa Valley

Sub-appellation: Howell Mountain

Varietal composition:  90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc

Oak profile & aging: Aged a total of 24 months - 18 months in new French oak followed by 6 months in neutral barrels

Alcohol: 14.5%

pH 3.80

Acidity 0.55 g/100 ml