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The 2023 Nomad Cabernet Sauvignon Montecillo Vineyard Moon Mountain comes from one of California’s earliest mountain vineyards, first planted in 1857–58 and acquired by Stewart Cellars in 2022. The site comprises 51 planted acres (20.6 hectares) of dry-farmed, organically farmed vines, and this bottling is drawn from an old-vine block planted in the 1960s, never irrigated. This is a profoundly structured wine, with hefty tannins that offer excellent grip, framing a violet-scented, ironstone minerality and marked by bright garrigue character. There is real intensity and freshness here, with a striking purity of both fruit and mineral. The fruit profile is silky and satiny, while the tannins are ultra-fine, building with a cocoa-powder freshness. Quite a wine, and something of a sleeper. It can be enjoyed in its youth if you allow it time in the glass to open up.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Stewart Cellars, NOMAD, Montecillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County, Moon Mountain District, California, USA, 2023

The 2023 Nomad Cabernet Sauvignon Montecillo Vineyard Moon Mountain comes from one of California’s earliest mountain vineyards, 

Stewart Cellars, NOMAD, Montecillo, Cabernet Sauvignon

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