Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 1978

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Winery:

Robert Mondavi Winery

Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region:

USA > California > Napa

Type:

Red Wine

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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

Tasting Notes:
Deep and dense with perfumed aromas and delicious flavors of blackberry, cassis, black olive and dark chocolate. Smooth and supple, with fine-grained tannins, good acid and a lengthy finish.

Apearance:
Deep, dense, dark, blue-tinged color

• Hand-harvested in cool morning hours
• Fermented in a combination of stainless steel and oak tanks
• 29 days of maceration (skin contact) to soften tannins
• Barrel-to-barrel racking to develop flavors
• 14 months of aging in French oak château barrels (20% new oak)

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