2015 Cervantes Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

2015 was a vintage that saw little rain but ample sunshine through­out the growing season. Vines on the hillside blocks of our estate vineyard were forced to send down deep roots to find the resources needed to ripen a small but intensely aromatic crop. The fruit was harvested at night in small picks for optimal flavor and ripeness. Fermenting separately in the winery allowed us to appreciate the profile and pure expression of each wine. After a full year of barrel aging, these lots were carefully blended to create a wine with nota­ble depth and balance.

The 2015 Cervantes Cabernet Sauvignon is deeply colored, highly structured and full of classic Cabernet character. The vintage is defined by its endless layers of complexity - blackberry, licorice, graphite, dried sage, as well as rich notes of plum, chocolate and allspice from the twenty months in French oak barrels. The tannins are rounded and polished, but with ample framework that will help the wine age for decades to come

ANDY ERICKSON | WINEMAKER