Inglenook 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Rutherford Napa Valley (75cl)

A 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the historic Inglenook estate in Rutherford, California. The vintage is notable as the year the Inglenook name returned to the estate, following decades under other names. The 2011 growing season was cold and wet, with poor fruit set and October rains, giving many Napa Cabernets a leaner, more restrained character. The wine is now fifteen years old and is subtle and round on the palate, with fragrant notes of boysenberries, cherries, black currant and leather. The nose brings grilled herbs, cedar, red fruit, crushed rocks and smoke, with lovely balance in the tense, wiry style of the vintage. Flavour intensity builds on the mid-palate into impressions of red fruits, spices and coffee.