Fine Wine > Cabernet Sauvignon > California > Napa > $50-100

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is all minerals, graphite and pure Howell Mountain. Layers of dark red fruit come to life in this articulate, pedigreed Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2009 needs another few years in the bottle, but it is already quite striking, especially with some time in the..

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"The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon appears to have clamped down a bit since I tasted it last year. An unusually up-front, juicy wine from Forman, the 2009 is laced with expressive dark red fruit, flowers, mint, cinnamon, licorice and menthol. There is a softness and suppleness to the 2009 that is..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
Our 2008 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a complex and layered expression of California Cabernet. The wine has a dark garnet color and is bursting with fruit even as it is poured. It has a nose of cassis, violets, licorice, allspice and roasting coffee. On the palate, it has an extraordinarily..

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Winemaker's notes: "... Its saturated black hue has an electric quality to it. Notes of creosote, wet stones, white flowers and smoky cassis precede a palate of menthol, sweet tobacco leaf, melted licorice and blackberries. As the wine sits in glass, it turns to baker's chocolate, melted fudge and..

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"... focused, with firm tannins wrapped around dried currant, anise and hazelnut flavors. ... this is rich and concentrated, picking up loamy earth and berry flavors."