AxR Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

A red wine from Napa Valley, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and sourced from some of the best top vineyards in the valley. The 2016 vintage was a near perfect growing and harvest season, with no major rain incidents or heat spikes, allowing picking when the berries showed richness and density. On the rim it shows deep charcoal with touches of garnet and black cherry. On the nose there is an explosion of dark but fresh fruit such as boysenberry, with geranium and tulip, lingering on chocolate, cherry and espelette pepper, oregano and clay. On the palate it has a round and sweet entrance evolving into a round mid-palate with savoury notes like tomato sauce, lingering on elderberry ice cream and freshly picked mirabelle plum.