Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2018

Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon wines are brilliant in their youth, vibrant and pure, a blend utilizing impeccable fruit from superior vineyard sites, fashioned in a winemaking style that emphasizes elegance, balance, freshness and finesse. Accessible at a young age, yet with the concentration and complexity required for extended cellaring, Accendo Cabernet Sauvignon is a quintessential expression of Napa Valley terroir. Handcrafted by winemakers Françoise Peschon and Nigel Kinsman, the highly anticipated 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon release is blended of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, aged for 21 months in new and used French oak.. The nose of this wine is layered and multi-faceted, exploding with savory aromas of cedar, co­ffee, bay laurel, eucalyptus, rosemary, pine/oak forest, chaparral, and sage, all lifted by a captivating floral perfume redolent of iris and violets. Blue fruit aromas of blackberries and blueberries linger in the background, gradually evolving into notes of loam and clay. In the mouth, the wine shows its incredible energy and vibrancy, power and density. The flavors mirror the aromas of mouthwatering savory notes reverberating with fresh acidity. The wine and the tannins are dense, yet the tannins are super fine grained and resolve eff­ortlessly in the mouth. Enjoy now or let is age gracefully in your cellar for 40 years. Notes from winemaker Nigel Kinsman, “A textural, intellectual wine, so beautifully built, quietly confident, distinguished and subtle, with a precise, classic structure. It’s like a ballerina: graceful, elegant and refined, but with immense power and strength.”