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2006 Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2006 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon is our 25th Anniversary Cabernet and is notable as being Jennifer Williams’ first vintage as our winemaker. With a wild flood on New Year’s Day of this vintage and snow through the early spring, Napa Valley was subject to late bud break and harvest. We were on the top of our game in the vineyard, and our new sorting table allowed us to treat our Cabernet Sauvignon grapes like royalty on their way to fermentation.

The 2006 vintage is an “alive” and complex wine that is concentrated and contemplative. It is full of fruit now, though it’s easy to see that this wine has so much more to reveal. With a sturdy structure characteristic of this vintage, we opted for an additional three months of barrel ageing to encourage the flexible, supple nature of this resulting wine. A lovely, deep Cabernet Sauvignon that is luscious and fresh with youthful aromas of homemade blueberry pie and fresh-crushed brambly fruit. Black currant, espresso, ginger, almond spice and rose petals. Lively oak notes; firm, yet supple tannins: terrific structure: a deep core of blue fruit. A textural delight—creamy and lovely, with great length. Our favorite catchall descriptor seems perfect here: “Yummy!”