Description

Founded by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in 1976 planting 10 hectares Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon their first vintage was in 1978. The Duckhorn portfolio of wines now has extended to 298 acres across the Napa Valley’s five sub-regions.

Their first vintage of the Duckhorn Howell Montain Cabernet was in 1989, the cool high lying Howell Mountain vineyards are famous for producing age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignons with rich, deep colour and excellent structure.

The 2018 is a blend 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, aged a total of 24 months,18 months in new French oak followed by 6 months in neutral barrels.

On the nose, this stunning wine offers a bevy of fruit aromas on the nose with sweet baking spices, cloves and mint. On the palate it is robust and generous, echoing the aromas in waves of ripe dark berries and spice, with firm tannins and dusty minerality carrying the flavours to a remarkably long, lush finish