New Release
2022
6x75cl
EP
£495.00
New Release
2022
6x75cl
EP
£495.00
The Caldwell vineyard for a very long time made up half the blend of Randy Dunn’s Napa Cabernet bottling. Planted in 1983, this is by far and away the coolest site in the Di Costanzo portfolio. In 2022, having to wait for full ripeness has resulted in a dark fruited, supple, hedonically textured wine that is open, up front and ultra-engaging. A much more tender offering than is the norm for a Di Costanzo wine, but none the less delicious for it.
A vintage that offers a measure of immediacy and up-front charm that you don’t always find in young Di Costanzo wines. Charlie Smith, from high on Moon Mountain, brims with red fruit and floral notes in a bright chiselled structure that fizzes with energy. Caldwell, a vineyard in Coombsville that used to make up half of the Dunn bottling, picked after the heat dome, is darker and ultra supple, with a soft skinned hedonistic vibe that is hugely compelling – it reminded us ever so slightly of a Mitjaville wine. The famed Montecillo, from slightly higher up Moon Mountain, has a more restrained intensity, touches of wild herb and dried flower over dark fruit and firm minerals. It is the most tannic of the three and will require longest to show its true colours. All three are fascinating visions of singular Californian Cabernet vineyards.
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