Napa Valley

Medium

Natural Cork

One of the more beautiful, fresh, and energetic 2020s of the vintage. Lifted red-toned fruits intermix with dusty minerals leading to a medium-bodied Cabernet rife with a lovely saline mineral edge and bright boysenberry fruits alongside red currants. Tightly-knit with very fine-grained tannins that are soft and almost satiny, with a tobacco and white-pepper-tinged finish that goes on and on to reveal dried sage and dark chocolate. Impressively fresh, and just 200 cases were produced—only the third vintage from Morisoli Vineyard. The contiguous 21.44-hectare site in Rutherford has been farmed by the Morisoli family since 1902. Spearheaded by Chris Morisoli (fifth generation) and his dad, Gary (fourth-gen), they hired winemaker Joel Aiken who served as Beaulieu Vineyard winemaker for 24 years. Under Aiken’s supervision, they are producing very limited production Cabernet off their family estate, which continues to sell grapes to producers such as Amici Cellars, Robert Biale Vineyards, Elyse, Etude, Sequoia Grove, among others. A unique feature of the back label is a set of two numbers that are grid coordinates, representing the vineyard and the Zaray-Panjwaji region in Afghanistan, where Chris Morisoli was stationed when serving in the military.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Morisoli Vineyard, Napa Valley, Rutherford, Rutherford, California, USA, 2020

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One of the more beautiful, fresh, and energetic 2020s of the vintage. Lifted red-toned fruits intermix with dusty minerals leadi

Morisoli Vineyard, Napa Valley, Rutherford, California, USA 2020

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