2021 Outpost Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

JD95 Coming from a mix of estate and True Vineyard fruit the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is brilliant stuff and has a more forward rounded sexy style than most in the vintage. Lots of red blue and black fruits charcoal graphite and spicy oak define this beauty which is medium to full-bodied has plenty of mid-palate depth and a great finish. Drink bottles over the coming 15-20 years.

WA95 Outpost’s 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is a beauty, even it doesn’t show quite the majestic complexity of the True Vineyard. It still offers up evocative scents of crushed stone, cassis, blackberry and blueberry. It’s packed, concentrated and full-bodied in the mouth, ripe—almost creamy in texture across the mid-palate—then rich and velvety on the finish.

Producer Notes: The Cabernet Sauvignon from the Outpost Estate Vineyard, located at 2,200 feet high on Howell mountain. Outpost grapes are harvested late in the season – by hand, at dawn – to preserve the full intensity and distinctive spicy character of the mountain fruit. The grapes are processed with as little manipulation as possible. Grapes from each block within the vineyard are fermented separately so that our winemaking team can be very selective about the lots that comprise the final blend. Wines are neither fined nor filtered allowing for the full expression of the vintages’ potential. The wine was aged in 80% in new French Oak barrels for 19 months.