Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Cassis and black cherry. Very elegant. Long finish. Delicious. Revisiting Labor Day ‘22. Rating affirmed. Very nice.

Black cherry, raspberry, cassis, eucalyptus, dark chocolate, vanilla and oak. Full-bodied and velvety tannins.

Blackberry, raspberry preserves, cherry, dark chocolate, eucalyptus, licorice and oak. Full-bodied and big, chewy tannins.

Deep and opaque ruby red. Needed an hour to two to open up on the nose with dark baking spices, dark cocoa, and purple floral notes. Heavy tannins (7/10) and full bodied. Rich, layered and complex palate. Notes of dark berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, bramble berries, dark mountain fruit, graphite and dark chocolate. A touch bitter in the finish that blew off with some time, long and lingering too. Will only get better over the next few years. Drink till 2028.

Well made California Cab.

Mondays...

Blackberry, cassis, violet, loamy earth, oak and licorice. Good structure and well-integrated tannins.

Blackberry, cassis, mocha, eucalyptus, vanilla and oak. Great structure and quite tannic.

2010, A complex rich and powerful CS from Howell mountain volcanic terroir in Napa California.
The wine has an enchanting rich nose, full of licorice, plums, black cherries, black current, sweet spices, dark chocolate and a touch of animality, full rich intense body, with smooth round sweet tannins, good acidity and layers of fruit and soil. Acidity is in there to balance some of the ripeness and the finish is long and delicious. A true pleasure with a juicy steak. My score 90, drink to 2019

A really tasty Howell Mtn Cab that had started to soften up and enter a nice drinking window.