VHR, Napa Valley
    Vine Hill Ranch

    VHR, Napa Valley, 2020

    Available Vintages
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    1. 2020

      75cl

      DP

      £233.86

    2. 2020

      3x75cl

      DP

      £701.56

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    2020 is a VHR built upon the mineral, elemental and non-fruit elements as much as it is the sleek and nuanced red and black fruits that traditionally mark this property. Crisp graphite notes combine with touches of lichen and forest herbs over crunchy small dark berry fruit, to give an image of a wine that is all about tension, pull, energy, nerve. The architecture of the wine speaks of those last days of harvest, when the fires were on everyone’s mind, exposed seams of fine tannin that ought to soften and provide much interest with time. A fascinating, rather beautiful rendition of the vintage – a worthy and wonderfully contrasting follow up to the 2018 and 2019 vintages. How often is beauty created from challenging situations? 2020 will go down in history as a vintage that tested the nerve and emotions of growers in Napa and its surrounding area. The devastating fires caused many to drop fruit due to smoke taint – depending on where the vines sat, and when you went to harvest. Those that picked early and were fortunately located have produced wines that tell the story of an emotional vintage – dark, virile, structured and mineral wines that speak of a dry season, produced from small concentrated berries that offer more tension than richness, more drive than enveloping fruit. If Napa’s recent challenging vintages like 2011 and 2017 are anything to go by, this ought to emerge as a wonderful, dynamic, chronicler of a wine in time.

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    Specifications

    Country:
    USA
    Region:
    California
    Appellation:
    Napa Valley
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon
    abv:
    14.8%

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    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.