Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Front Bottle Shot
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Winemaker Notes

Opaque, pyrope garnet in the glass, the Cabernet Sauvingon's select Sonoma County vineyard sites bestow balance, and unique savory elements that set this wine apart. Compelling aromas of huckleberry, blackberry, tobacco, anise, and cigar box emerge, giving way to focused flavors of ripe briar fruit, marionberry, charcuterie, dark chocolate, graphite, and wet slate. The supple mouthfeel, laced with fine grain tannins, leads into a long, powerful, and deliciously mouthwatering finish.

Professional Ratings

  • 93

    The raspberry and blackberry aromas with hints of fresh flowers are persuasive here. Medium-bodied, tight and silky with very fine tannins and a fresh finish. Shows finesse and focus. Delicious now.

  • 92
    Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County offers blackberry preserves, warm plums and fresh blackcurrants notes with hints of violets, spice box, pencil lead and bay leaves. Full-bodied with a rock-solid line of grainy tannins, if delivers mouth-filling black fruit layers and great length. 5,158 cases produced.
Crossbarn by Paul Hobbs

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The ‘cross’ barn served as a childhood meeting place on Paul Hobbs’ family’s more than one hundred-and fifty-year-old fruit farm situated in Niagara County, New York. Named to commemorate this cherished gathering point, Crossbarn honors the values of hard work, integrity, community, and respect for the land instilled in Paul from his childhood. Committed to high quality, sustainably farmed vineyards, Crossbarn offers a bright, fresh, and youthful expression of wines for connecting and coming together.

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While Sonoma County is acclaimed—and rightfully so—for its Chardonnays, Pinot Noirs, and Zinfandels, it also produces exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon. Of the region’s 18 American Viticultural Areas, only a handful produce top-notch Cabernet Sauvignon. These appellations include Alexander Valley, Knights Valley, Sonoma Valley and Dry Creek Valley. Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignons made in these appellations can offer a complex array of aromas and flavors. Fruit notes such as blackberry, blackcurrant, cassis, black cherry and raspberry often are accompanied by hints of graphite, dusty earth, cigar box, toast and vanilla. The varietal has a rich history in Sonoma, and some of these Cabernet Sauvignons and Cabernet-based blends rival the best from Napa Valley.

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