Tor Kenward Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2016

The Napa Cabernet shows just how great this vintage was from a valley perspective. This is a blend of Mast in Yountville, Melanson on Pritchard Hill, Tierra Roja in Oakville, and To Kalon in Oakville. The blending of these three different vineyards produced what is easily the best Napa Cabernet we have ever produced.

The Napa Cabernet is immediately drinkable with silky sweet tannins and loads of red fruit. The wood, acidity and tannins are all in perfect balance so all you get is the great blackberry, cherry and sweet vanilla. This is the wine to drink while you wait for your designates to be at peak.

Tannic and gritty now, with a hard mouthfeel, and it's hard to imagine the wine will ever resolve its issues. However, it's clean and dry and intricately layered in blackberries and cedar. Give it a good decant.