2016 Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation: Napa Valley AVA

By: Coquerel Family Wine Estates

In: Napa, CA

Winestyr Review

The fruit for our 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon came from three different Napa Valley vineyards, a beautiful hillside vineyard above Lake Hennessey, a lovely high density planted vineyard in Napa, and an iconic vineyard in Coombsville. The wine has a dark deep inky color with a highly aromatic bright nose featuring rich dark fruit, black cherry with a hint of vanilla. The palate is rich and dense with round and balanced soft tannins, long finish with black cherry.

What We Love

• Sturdy Napa style
• Long life ahead

Drink this with ribeyes and Robuchon potatoes

Experience

As serious wine lovers for more than three decades, Clay and Brenda Cockerell have travelled extensively throughout the great appellations of Europe and sampled everything from simple, honest regional bottlings to some of the world’s most celebrated wines. Years ago, while visiting the Napa Valley, we decided the time was right to make our own wines. Coquerel was born. In 2005, they purchased a vineyard in Calistoga planted to old-vine, dry-farmed Sauvignon Blanc. In 2008 Clay and Brenda acquired the adjacent site that was planted to a handful of traditional varieties rarely found in modern-day Napa. Since then, they have revamped, replanted and upgraded the property to luxury-class winegrowing standards.

Winery

With the 2005 purchase of their first estate vineyard, Coquerel Family Wine Estates began producing exceptional Napa Valley red and white wines under the guiding hand of winemaker Christine Barbe, who earned her Ph.D in 1996 from the Bordeaux Institute of Enology. The winery is located just beyond the town of Calistoga at the north end of the Napa Valley and the heart and soul of Coquerel Wines is their estate “Walnut Wash” vineyard, a gorgeous, oak-studded property that sits in the afternoon shadows of the Mayacamas Mountains. Pure, crisp whites and powerful, yet sophisticated, reds have become their hallmark; a true melding of Napa Valley intensity and French elegance.