Winemaker Notes
Cave Collection wines are cellared in ideal conditions and released annually on allocation.
An elegant perfume of mixed berries, baking spice, dried lavender and thyme open onto a full palate layered with expansive mixed berry, black tea, toasted oak and spice flavors. Focused and fresh, fine grained tannins support the wine throughout, while the finish is silky, long and lifted
Blend: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4%% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Nicely restrained, like luxe dark chocolate, this well-balanced and brooding wine shows Far Niente at the top of its game, wrapping fine-grained tannins around superb cassis, black-cherry and blueberry flavors that will expand and gain complexity with time.
Cellar Selection -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A rich, voluptuous blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot and 5% Malbec, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Bottled features alluring scents of rubbed sage, cassis, black cherries and freshly turned loam. It's full-bodied, concentrated and supple, with a slightly plush, velvety feel and a lingering, fruit-driven finish. Despite aging in 70% new oak, it's not an oaky wine, with the fruit and earth elements claiming the spotlight.
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James Suckling
Lead pencil, black olives, oyster shell, iodine, and hints of chocolate on the nose and palate. Full-bodied with soft and round tannins. Refined and savory. Juicy and delicious already. One for now or later.
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Wine Spectator
Broad in feel, this has a nice well of dark currant and blackberry fruit in reserve, along with ample loam, menthol and sweet tobacco notes. Reveals a cedary echo through the finish. Approachable already. Drink now through 2034.
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.
Home to some of the most sought-after Cabernet Sauvignon in America, Napa Valley’s Oakville district stretches across the center of Napa's valley floor and foothills between the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains. This AVA is home to the legendary To Kalon Vineyard and Martha's Vineyard, as well as many powerhouse wineries including Screaming Eagle, Silver Oak, Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Far Niente and Groth.
The climate is generally warm and agreeable, resulting in year after year of favorable vintages. Summer days see a gentle tug of war between warmer inland air and the cool air coming in from the San Pablo Bay, creating an ideal environment to grow red varieties. Oakville's diverse soils, namely ancient sea bedrock, clay and gravel, are well-drained, and perfect for high-caliber viticulture.
Cabernet here is often bottled varietally but is also popular in Bordeaux Blends. Oakville wines are known for their silky, sensual textures, structured tannins, dark and brooding fruit and lovely aromatics. These age-worthy and prestigious wines are favored by collectors throughout the world.