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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Wine Each Week: 2016 Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon


As you traverse through your wine life you realize there are a handful of producers who, over the course of your tasting their wines for years, perhaps decades, actually never seem to fail. Such is Spottswoode Winery in Napa Valley. I’ve had the pleasure of tasting their wines for years, meeting with winemaker Aron Weinkauf at their Napa Estate, and the truth is there is never a bad wine from their portfolio. Their secondary label, Lyndenhurst - a reference to the property being named such for a time back in the early 1900’s, provides the quality of the Spottswoode wines at a lesser cost.
This is a seamless wine, embracing all the elements of great Cabernet, wood, fruit, acidity, soil and a deft touch of winemaking know-how. It is both elegant and gently aggressive. Comprised of Cabernet with small amounts of (in descending order) Petite Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. It offers black cherry, black berry, light blueberry, rose water, sandalwood, raspberry, vanilla, cedar and a hint of tobacco. The tannins and acidity support the structure of the wine without compromising it. This is a wine that commands attention but not in a bellicose way, rather it nods and smiles at you from across the room, drawing you close for a personal conversation. 1,826 Cases.
ORIGIN: Napa Valley, California
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
PRICE: $85/ 750ML
SCORE: 92 POINTS
Aron and I at the Spottswoode Estate

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