DANA Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard 2016 (750ml)

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Producer	DANA Estates
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Napa
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2016
Sku	50445
Size	750ml

 

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This rocky, five-acre vineyard is located on the eastern hillside of Napa Valley, just below Howell Mountain, within the newly designated Crystal Springs appellation. With virtually no topsoil, Lotus Vineyard compels the vines to root deep into the iron-rich, fractured bedrock, yielding concentrated fruit with extraordinary power, breadth and length. The vineyard’s diverse terrain, ranging from southwest-facing to north-facing slopes with gradients as steep as 45 degrees, allows for maximum unobstructed hours in the sun, producing DANA’s most powerful fruit. The terroir produces a wonderful complexity of aromas, introducing spice, graphite, and chocolate to the muscular black fruit as the wine blooms on the palate. A perennial critic’s favorite, Lotus Vineyard is DANA’s most robust Cabernet Sauvignon.

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard is the most powerful and backward of the three single-vineyard Cabernets at Dana. Brisk and finely cut, the 2016 captures a stunning interplay of freshness, structure and vibrancy. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2016 is going to need a number of years to be at its very best. Even in the early going, though, it is pretty memorable. Gravel, sage, menthol, crushed flowers and white pepper add aromatic nuance to a brooding, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon built for the cellar.

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard is made up of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon (clones 4 and 15) and 3% Petit Verdot. It fermented 46% in oak tanks, 38% in concrete and 16% in barrels. It was on the skins for 28 to 43 days and aged in French oak barrels for 27 months. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is a little shy to begin, before opening up with provocative lilacs, cinnamon stick, cloves and underbrush over a core of blackcurrant cordial, preserved plums and Black Forest cake plus a waft of cast-iron pan. Full-bodied, the palate is an exercise in grace, with wonderfully harmonious perfumed black fruit framed by very fine-grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing very long. Anticipated Maturity: 2021-2052