2015 Etude Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville) is dark, powerful and jammy, with some of the earthy and savory notes that makes this Oakville site so special. Here, too, my impression is that much of what makes Vine Hill Ranch so special is covered by the wine's huge concentration.

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and includes fruit from Oakville, Calistoga, St. Helena, Rutherford and Coombsville, aged for 20 months inn 75% new French oak. Very deep purple-black in color, it leaps from the glass with exuberant crushed blackcurrants, wild blueberries and crushed black cherries with touches of cedar, menthol, violets and smoked meats. Full, firmly structured and with ripe, grainy tannins and a lively line, it is jam-packed with youthful, vibrant black fruits, finishing very long with an herbal lift. 1,920 cases produced.