Winemaker Notes
The nose opens with hints of blackberry, black currant and white pepper, and evolves as the wine opens to notes of black cherries, violets, and crushed rock. The palate is focused and pure with hints of spice, vanilla, and menthol. Full-bodied with tannins that provide structure and length on the palate.
Blend: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A perfumed and refined nose of cherries, raspberries and plums with some violets and mild spices. Medium to full body with fine, firm tannins which give structure to the intense mid-palate full of spices and wild currants. Layered and textured. Give it time. Try after 2026.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Townsend is cut from the same cloth, with a concentrated, focused, elegant, classic style. Cassis, crushed stone, graphite, and a kiss of flowers all emerge on the nose, and it has beautiful purity and elegance, with medium to full-bodied richness on the palate. It brings slightly more mid-palate depth compared to the Cabernet Franc, as well as ripe, building tannins, terrific purity, and a great finish. It's going to age beautifully.
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.
Just northeast of Napa city, Atlas Peak boasts some of Napa Valley’s highest elevation vineyards. Here the intense sunlight coupled with cool, nighttime temperatures produce grapes that are perfectly ripe, balanced and concentrated. The appellation is rich in volcanic soils and excels in the production of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.