2021 Ink Grade Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley sparkling

2021 Ink Grade Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley sparkling#96 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2023 The Ink Grade Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon opens with a nose of fresh cassis, pomegranate, and cocoa with elements of thyme, mint, candied orange peels, nutmeg, cloves, and paprika. The palate is linear throughout with a consistent midpalate of bright and lifted acidity and well integrated raw mountain tannins that close in a persistent finish. 94 POINTS JS

The bountiful nose reveals beautiful aromatics of rose oil

and aged for 13 months

black peppercorn

blue fruit aromatics

Pioneers of the Sonoma Coast

soils and topography ideally suited to Cabernet – places from Paso Robles to lesser-known areas in Lake

oakier wines of the past

As the wine opens in the glass

blackcurrant

complex flavors and balanced structure

lush and demonstrative

5% Petit Verdot