Winemaker Notes
This wine has notes of satsuma plums, strawberries, and cream that interplay with a crimson red brightness and a seamless tannin profile. Savory herbs on the palate add lift and complexity through the finish. This wine is ready to be savored today, but those with patience will be rewarded over time.
Blend: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Cabernet Franc.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
So deep, rich and velvety in texture and nicely saturated in dark fruit and cocoa flavors. Plush, moderately tannic and full-bodied, with generous blackcurrant, black cherry and blueberry flavors with light oak spice accents. Made from 89% cabernet sauvignon and 11% cabernet franc. From biodynamically grown grapes.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated (there's 12% Cabernet Franc), the 2022 Collina has a deep ruby/purple hue as well as a great nose cassis and redcurrants intermixed with classic spice, tobacco, and gravelly earth notes. It's forward, medium to full-bodied, has integrated oak, and a great finish.
Undoubtedly proving its merit over and over, Napa Valley is a now a leading force in the world of prestigious red wine regions. Though Cabernet Sauvignon dominates Napa Valley, other red varieties certainly thrive here. Important but often overlooked include Merlot and other Bordeaux varieties well-regarded on their own as well as for their blending capacities. Very old vine Zinfandel represents an important historical stronghold for the region and Pinot noir is produced in the cooler southern parts, close to the San Pablo Bay.
Perfectly situated running north to south, the valley acts as a corridor, pulling cool, moist air up from the San Pablo Bay in the evenings during the hot days of the growing season, which leads to even and slow grape ripening. Furthermore the valley claims over 100 soil variations including layers of volcanic, gravel, sand and silt—a combination excellent for world-class red wine production.