White Cottage Ranch Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

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    Vintage
    1999

    Size
    750ML

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    The distinct character of Howell Mountain is vivid throughout this wine. The fresh earth, black tea, licorice and ripe cherry aromas are strong and intense. The mid palate is multi-layered with local mineral qualities and deep dense flavors of black cherry, rhubarb, anise, tobacco, and pencil lead. We present this complex Cabernet Sauvignon with a rich and seamless texture that lingers on with cream, vanilla, espresso and bright blackberry fruit.
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    White Cottage Ranch, California
    This Howell Mountain vineyard and winery is located at 1,700-foot elevation on the eastern slope of Napa Valley near the small town of Angwin, CA. White Cottage Ranch is situated among untouched native California forests that have endured under rugged conditions for ages. The volcanic soils, steep terrain, and microclimate produce wine grapes that showcase the unique and distinctive characteristics that have made Howell Mountain a famous winegrowing region.
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    A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.

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    Today Cabernet Sauvignon is the star of this part of Napa’s rugged, eastern hills, but Zinfandel was responsible for giving the Howell Mountain growing area its original fame in the late 1800s.

    Winemaking in Howell Mountain was abandoned during Prohibition, and wasn’t reawakened until the arrival of Randy Dunn, a talented winemaker famous for the success of Caymus in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early eighties, he set his sights on the Napa hills and subsequently astonished the wine world with a Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Shortly thereafter Howell Mountain became officially recognized as the first sub-region of Napa Valley (1983).

    With vineyards at 1,400 to 2,000 feet in elevation, they predominantly sit above the fog line but the days in Howell Mountain remain cooler than those in the heart of the valley, giving the grapes a bit more time on the vine.

    The Howell Mountain AVA includes 1,000 acres of vineyards interspersed by forestlands in the Vaca Mountains. The soils, shallow and infertile with good drainage, are volcanic ash and red clay and produce highly concentrated berries with thick skins. The resulting wines are full of structure and potential to age.

    Today Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petite Sirah thrive in this sub-appellation, as well as its founding variety, Zinfandel.

    LPAWCOTTAGE_1999 Item# 122735

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