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2021 - 2044
The 2016 Oakville Estate Proprietary Red Wine is blended of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc and a 1% splash of Petit Verdot aged for 21 months in 78% new French oak. Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with exuberant blackcurrant pastilles, wild blueberries and black cherries scents with touches of licorice, garrigue, tilled soil and cedar chest plus hints of tobacco and dried Provence herbs. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is built like a brick house with a solid, muscular black fruit core and firm, ripe, grainy tannins plus a wonderfully refreshing line, finishing with loads of energetic earth and herbal sparks. 630 cases produced.
"2016 was a warmer vintage than 2013, but it doesn’t seem that way when you taste it,” winegrower Frederick Ammons informed me during our tasting. “We came to a point during the harvest that year where things were moving too fast, so we decided to pick in order to maintain the energy in the fruit.”