2018 Scalon Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2018 Scalon Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine of beautifully developed Coombsville character, mature Napa Valley depth, and the kind of elegant, cool-climate Cabernet Sauvignon complexity that distinguishes Scalon's appellation-driven winemaking philosophy from the warmer, more powerful expressions of the Napa Valley mainstream. Coombsville, Napa Valley's most southeastern and consistently coolest AVA, produces Cabernet Sauvignon of a naturally fresher, more precise, and more food-serious style than many of the valley's more celebrated sub-appellations, and the 2018 vintage — warm and generously ripe while retaining the natural acidity that Coombsville's unique marine-influenced climate consistently preserves — gave Scalon an outstanding foundation for a Cabernet of real depth and aging potential. Now with several years of graceful bottle development, the 2018 Scalon Cabernet is in a beautiful secondary drinking window: aromas of ripe dark cherry, blackcurrant, cedared spice, graphite, dried herbs, and a developing earthy mineral complexity lead to a full-bodied, elegantly structured palate with excellent natural acidity and a long, refined, and deeply satisfying finish of genuine Coombsville Cabernet distinction.