Heist, 2010 Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon

Taste

A textbook Howell Mountain Cabernet, characteristically rugged, dense and full with notes of black earth, currant, cassis, cedar, and baker's chocolate.

Varietal

89% 2010 Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% 2012 Napa Carneros Merlot.

Winemaking

Cabernet Sauvignon, aged for 20 months in 1/3 French oak; Merlot aged about six months in French and American oak.

Heist, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, California - 2010

The buzz about this wine

  1. 5
    February 23, 2015

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  4. 5
    December 24, 2014

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