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Wine Details
Deep ruby on the pour with a translucent core, the nose is redolent and immediate with chocolate-covered cherries, menthol, and eucalyptus with red fruits buried down deep within the core – this is the baby of a beast. The palate is exceptionally balanced, with excellent acidity, black cherry, bramble, and fresh-turned soils framed by small velvety tannins. The finish is long, reaching for cassis, vanilla, and soft leather, but settling into waves of earthy umami – an exceptional expression of Old World blending with New World fruit.
- Vintage
- 2016
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Grape
- Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec
- Alcohol by Volume
- 14.5%
- Cases Produced
- 800
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2027
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Cam Confidential
Cam Confidential
Lot 695 is a “shiner” (bottled wine with no label) lot we picked up that’s already spent years in the cellar and is ready for prime time. A blend of Merlot, Cabernet, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec from vineyards in St Helena, Oakville, Diamond Mountain, and Rutherford, the wine is literally a greatest hits collection of Napa Valley’s top sub-regions. Artfully blended by outstanding winemaking talent and aged in 100% French oak for two years before bottling, it’s an absolutely sublime bottle and a worthy rival to its Right Bank counterparts across the pond.
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Jim Y
Verified Purchase
2/25/2021
Excellent
Aroma is loam, cocoa, black cherry, tiny bit of menthol. Flavor more of the same....really nice blend of flavors. Not as deep and rich as maybe a cab, but really complex and soft. Body is a bit lighter than a big cab, but drinks very easy. While I prefer a big cab, this is an excellent sub for an every day drinker. Really impressed. Nice wine.
Glenn
Verified Purchase
2/24/2021
Beautiful wine!
If one approaches this wine as a Cabernet in disguise it may not hit the mark, but if approaching it as Merlot on steroids, a wonderful experience awaits! It’s a very complex wine possessing a changing kaleidoscope of fruit. It’s tannins are bold but not in your face, well integrated with fruit. There’s a lot more here for me to discover and I have 11 bottles left to explore.