Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso has a deep ruby-purple color. The nose is flamboyantly scented of crème de cassis, wild blackberries, baked plum, blackcurrant bud, dried herbs, leather and graphite. Full-bodied, dense and powerful, it's very tightly wound, with firm, grainy tannins and juicy acidity to lift, finishing long. Give this another couple of years in bottle. Rating: 93+
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James Suckling
This blend of 95% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot has a striking, cedary and stony edge to the ripe dark berries, blackcurrants and iodine notes on the nose. The palate has a sleek and smooth-honed feel with supple, velvety tannins that fold out on the finish. Drink or hold.
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.
Covering the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains, facing the city of Sonoma, Moon Mountain District is one of Sonoma’s newest sub-appellations. Here the well-drained, red volcanic and ash soils produce hauntingly intense red wines, mainly from Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varieties.