Checkerboard Vineyards
2019 'Impetuous'
Diamond Mountain District,
Napa Valley
$94.99
Tasting Notes:
The aromatics transport you to our mountainside in Napa Valley where four small vineyards dot the landscape between patches of forest, allowing grapes to slowly ripen in the sun. The 2019 vintage is a fresh fruit explosion. There’s oodles of Bing cherry, wild blackberry, and cassis along with caramel, savory herbs, blueberry, and white rock. The wine broadens on the palate and stuns with a finish of fruit and baking spice-laden barrique.
Composition:
62% Cabernet Sauvignon
30% Merlot
4% Cabernet Franc
4% Petit Verdot
Production: 350 cases
Monticello Vineyards
2018 Corley Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley
$94.99
Tasting Notes:
This is a deeply extracted, rich and robust wine. I find this wine bursting with black cherry and blackberry aromas, with hints of cocoa and coffee. On the palate the wine has an immediate presence, as the attack and midpalate are robust. The dark berry aromas follow through with consistency on to the palate. The tannins are big, but round and well-resolved and quickly round out what is a long, lingering finish. This wine will age gracefully for 20+ years.
Composition:
84% Cabernet Sauvignon
8% Cabernet Franc
8% Merlot
Production: 900 cases
