Seavey Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 14.5%)

Seavey Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is an estate-grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon made by Seavey Vineyard. The blend is 94.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5.5% Petit Verdot. Each vineyard parcel is separately harvested, vinified and aged before the final blend is assembled. The grapes undergo whole-berry fermentation using classic Bordeaux methods, without crushing or pumping, and the finished wine ages for 20 months in French oak barrels, 60% of which are new. The nose opens with concentrated blackberry and mulberry, violets and dried herbs, with milk chocolate, coffee bean and truffle. The palate is lavish, with cassis and ripe cherry, dark chocolate, spice box and scorched earth, framed by finely tuned tannins and grapefruit pith. The finish is long and concentrated, with blackberry, cocoa and new saddle leather.