Turnbull Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, Napa Valley, California

2021 vintage: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon,3% Petit Verdot, 2% Malbec. 71% Amoenus Vineyard, Calistoga, 7% Leopoldina Vineyard, Oakville, 11% Turnbull Home Vineyard, Oakville, 11% Fortuna Vineyard, Oakville. Each vineyard site lends its own voice and signature to the resulting blend. The fingerprint of the famous Amoenus Vineyard shines through in this wine, providing dark cherry tones and mid-palate width; the Fortuna Vineyard fresh red fruits and spice box components; Leopoldina Vineyard provides structure, texture, and dense black fruit; Home Vineyard, which surrounds the historic winery, brings fresh red fruit and focus. Tasting notes: Notes of dusted blackberries, plum and cherry lead to a back-drift of toast and fleeting tobacco. Supple creamy tannins widen the dark fruit mid palate, lending to a lifted and layered finish. This wine widens and rises in amplitude and velocity with elegance and balance, showcasing the incredible beauty of the 2021 vintage.