2016 Piña Cabernet Sauvignon D’Adamo Vineyard Napa Valley

WA95+ Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 20 months in 68% new French oak from a vineyard located in the Atlas Peak foothills, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon d’Adamo Vineyard is deep purple-black in color and gives intense notes of crushed blueberries, black cherries and cassis with touches of licorice, lavender, black soil and iron ore. The palate is full-bodied, firm and grainy with wonderfully firm, ripe tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing very long and layered. 567 cases produced.
JD95 The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon d’Adamo Vineyard comes from a site in the foothills of Atlas Peak and is described as her most hedonistic wine by Monticelli. I can’t disagree, yet it also offers plenty of intellectual fireworks as well and reveals a deep purple color and sexy notes of black fruits, licorice, new saddle leather, and assorted herbs, earthy notes. With a plush, rounded, sumptuous texture, sweet tannins, and terrific overall balance, it’s another remarkable wine from this estate that can be drunk today with ample pleasure or cellared for two decades or more.