Casa Piena Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 (75cl)

A 2014 red wine from Yountville in Napa Valley, made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and crafted by winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. The fruit comes from the Yountville valley floor, where ancient marine sediment and gravelly silt loams provide deep drainage. The 2014 vintage draws from Cabernet clones 337, 341 and 7. After fermentation, the wine aged for 22 months in French oak barrels, 70% of them new, and was bottled unfiltered. The winemaking follows a non-interventionist approach that prioritises site expression. On the nose, ripe blackberries and cassis lead into dark plum, cedar and graphite, with leather and lavender adding lift. The palate is plush and round, with plum skin, cassis and crushed dark cherry, fine-grained tannins, tobacco, baking spice and cinnamon. The finish is long and polished, with lingering mocha, well-integrated tannins, violets and a trace of pine.