cabernet sauvignon farella vineyard napa valley

Di Costanzo

Cabernet Sauvignon, Farella Vineyard, Napa Valley, 2016

Name: Cabernet Sauvignon, Farella Vineyard, Napa Valley
Brand: Di Costanzo
Price: 1235.06 GBP

93+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

With a new winery to play with, no other (vinous) commitments, and a growing season like 2016, Massimo has crafted his greatest Farella yet. Massimo’s original vineyard, from the increasingly popular Coombsvile AVA, is capable of producing brilliant Cabernet Sauvignon from the rolling volcanic benchlands that are regularly cooled by the San Pablo bay. This 2016 is taut and nuanced, but also full of intrigue, with a sense of completeness and total integration that is remarkable in such a young wine. Powerful, soaring and intense, Farella 2016 is underpinned by rigid beams of ripe, succulent tannin, a structure that carries the fruit across the palate and out into a very long finish. Aromatically richer than the Montecillo, deep cassis fruit is fused with complex notes of stone, sweet horse, fine spice, rosemary and plum in a perfume both handsome and fine. On the palate a sweeping, long cast of complex yet charming fruit is illuminated by lovely acidity and these sweet tannins that provide a rigid yet pliant structure. Composed, structured and fresh – this is Napa Cabernet of the highest calibre.

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Critic Reviews

93+/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard is intensely scented of crushed red and black currants, warm black plums and fresh blackberries with touches of violets, wild thyme, cigar box and cardamom plus a waft of dark chocolate. Medium-bodied, the palate is completely packed with crunchy black berry flavors and tons of herbal sparks, with a rock-solid, grainy line of tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing long and perfumed.

drinking window 2020 - 2034

date of review 01/2019

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