Rating 94
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2015
Appellation
Napa County
North Coast
California
USA
ABV 14.8%
Price $75.00  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2019-01-11

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Clif Family Winery Napa Valley Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Review

The two vineyards this wine comes from are on the top of the famed Howell Mountain in Napa. Above the fog line there are more sun hours, and it takes a skilled winemaker like Laura Barrett to get the balance right. This is a bold, powerful wine with an elegant edge full of red currant, cherry and blackberry notes typical of this style of wine, but it’s the earth tones that make this wine just awesome. It’s like tossing all of these characteristics into a freshly raked pile of leaves in Fall.

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Clif Family Winery Napa Valley Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
The two vineyards this wine comes from are on the top of the famed Howell Mountain in Napa. Above the fog line there are more sun hours, and it takes a skilled winemaker like Laura Barrett to get the balance right. This is a bold, powerful wine with an elegant edge full of red currant, cherry and blackberry notes typical of this style of wine, but it’s the earth tones that make this wine just awesome. It’s like tossing all of these characteristics into a freshly raked pile of leaves in Fall.

Reviewed On: 01-11-2019
94
POINTS
Clif Family Winery Napa Valley Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
The two vineyards this wine comes from are on the top of the famed Howell Mountain in Napa. Above the fog line there are more sun hours, and it takes a skilled winemaker like Laura Barrett to get the balance right. This is a bold, powerful wine with an elegant edge full of red currant, cherry and blackberry notes typical of this style of wine, but it’s the earth tones that make this wine just awesome. It’s like tossing all of these characteristics into a freshly raked pile of leaves in Fall.

Reviewed On: 01-11-2019