Barlow Vineyards Barrouge CabernetWhen I first purchased this wine, the salesperson told me that it would be an odyssey, that I just needed to drink the whole bottle over a long period of time to achieve the entire, magnificent experience. Thats not a common sales pitch in the wine industry! But believe me this magical Napa Cab entirely lived up to the hype. The wine opens with an alluring and fascinating complexity of aromas the fruits of Cabernet, black currants, fig, black cherry

acknowledging that her mom taught her the love of winemaking

this opens with red plum

The deep roots and mountain-grown nature of this Cabernet fruit lends itself to crafting a wine of place that has the backbone to age gracefully for decades in the cellar

The tannins are firm yet resolved

Catholic Spanish / Mexican missionaries understood the potential for the land

15% fermented in old oak barrels

barbera and dolcetto vineyards

Picture the brewery

At this age

emphasizes that role

or a winter plate of celery root purée and sautéed mushrooms

feel free to start decanting in the morning – it will grow and grow and be even better on day two