Cardinale - Napa Valley 2019
Cardinale, a unique creation from the Mountains
Cardinale crafts a single Cabernet Sauvignon from each vintage. The wine is a limited-production blend from Napa Valley’s most recognized mountain appellations, including Diamond Mountain District, Howell Mountain, Mount Veeder, and Spring Mountain District.
Each of these esteemed mountain vineyards creates a beautiful note onto itself, but the composition they create together results in a remarkable symphony of flavor, texture, and complexity. Mountain terroir is essential to Cardinale’s profile. While the rocky soils, steep aspects, and exposed conditions are among the most challenging in California, they also produce the most structured, masculine, and complex wines, worthy of cellaring.
2019 vintage
Christophe Carpenter tells you about this vintage https://www.cardinale.com/2019-video
“Guided by the vintage character of each year, Cardinale wines assemble the distinctive flavors and personality of individual Napa Valley appellations into a richly layered, balanced whole. The 2019 is a great example of this, with its great primary fruit characters, but also tons of rose petal, cedar, espresso bean and pain grillé. The 19s have a compelling savory aspect that really comes through in this wine – a perfect frame for the intense, dark fruit of the mountains. Having a rich array of uniquely different components available to combine is a true joy, and I hope you enjoy the results as much as I do.” Christopher Carpenter, Winemaker