2016 Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged for 20 months in French oak, 80% new, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color, slowly revealing profound blackcurrants, baked black cherries, plum preserves and licorice notions with hints of Chinese five spice, chargrilled meats and tilled earth plus a waft of yeast extract. Full-bodied, firm and grainy with amazing freshness and loads of emerging layers, it finishes very long and wonderfully layered. 1,198 cases were made.

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is another winner from the genius of Thomas Rivers Brown. This beauty boasts a saturated purple color as well as a huge nose of blueberries, violets, and pine forest-like nuances. Full-bodied, seamless, and layered, with plenty of sweet fruit, it can be drunk today with ample pleasure or cellared for 15+ years.

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain) is powerful and incisive, with tremendous balance of aromatics, fruit and structure. Graphite, gravel, smoke, cured meat and a host of dark fruit all run through this potent, super-concentrated, structured Howell Mountain Cabernet. The purity and precision in the 2016 is superb. Above all else, though, the 2016 is flat-out delicious.