Hourglass 2021 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

The day I taste this wine I felt like I had tasted 20 other Cabernets that day and not one of them I liked. Cabernet can be so many things from so many places but this wine really affirmed for me why Napa Valley chose to make it their signature grape. The unique terroir and climate of Hourglass property lends to what make this bottle so special. This bottle is 100% estate grown cabernet coming from 27year old vines and spends 20 months in 100% New French oak. The balance in this wine shocked me. I never thought with so much new oak it would have as much terroir characteristic as it does. Aromas of Eucalyptus and high tone florals jump from the glass. Intertwining layers of dark berry fruit combined with red fruit are laced with baking spice, earth and tea leaf. This wines deep earthy notes stem from the iron-rich ham right soils.