Winemaker Notes
The first Newton wine and the incarnation of Peter Newton’s dream to bring the French winemaking style to Napa. Initially crafted from the Spring Mountain Vineyard, today Newton Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Spring Mountain, Yountville and Mt. Veeder, giving a real Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon expression due to the blend of mountain and valley fruit, with a rich and complex structure.
Displaying a deep ruby color, the 2016 Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon is fresh, lush, and silky on the palate. Aromas of bramble berries, red cherry, and baking spices intermingle beautifully. While ready to drink now, this wine could easily age for another decade.
Blend: 85.27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5.93% Petit Verdot, 5.74% Merlot, 3.06% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Attractive blue fruit with a thread of ripe blackcurrant and a very lithe, juicy and long palate that delivers attractively fresh and even fruit flavor. Polished and juicy. Drink or hold.
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Wine Enthusiast
This is a well-made, well-priced wine, classic in elements of pencil shaving, dried herb, clove and cedar. Generous oak and tannin provide structure and weight within a balanced approach to ripeness, with lasting impressions of coffee and black currant on the finish.
Newton was founded in 1977 by English businessman Peter Newton and his Chinese wife Su Hua. Peter Newton was already renowned as a pioneer of winemaking in the Napa Valley, having founded the Sterling Winery near Calistoga in the 1960s. The Newtons transformed one square mile of rolling hillside in Spring Mountain into one of the Napa Valley’s most prestigious estates, whose wines have graced the official dinners of several US presidents.
The Newton estate encompasses 170 acres of prime Napa Valley terroir, distributed over four separate, wholly owned vineyards: Spring Mountain, Yountville, Mount Veeder and Carneros.
Newton is renowned for producing wines that are uniquely characterful expressions of varietals emblematic of the Napa Valley, notably Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Working patiently with nature, we are committed to precision viticulture and winemaking techniques yielding wines that are acclaimed for their balance, harmony and full, abundant flavors.
One of the most prestigious wines of the world capable of great power and grace, Napa Valley Cabernet is a leading force in the world of fine, famous, collectible red wine. Today the Napa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that this marriage came to light; sudden international recognition rained upon Napa with the victory of the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
Cabernet Sauvignon undoubtedly dominates Napa Valley today, covering half of the land under vine, commanding the highest prices per ton and earning the most critical acclaim. Cabernet Sauvignon’s structure, acidity, capacity to thrive in multiple environs and ability to express nuances of vintage make it perfect for Napa Valley where incredible soil and geographical diversity are found and the climate is perfect for grape growing. Within the Napa Valley lie many smaller sub-AVAs that express specific characteristics based on situation, slope and soil—as a perfect example, Rutherford’s famous dust or Stags Leap District's tart cherry flavors.