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Item Number: 6736

UPC: 0091037388124

Country: USA
Region: California Sub Region: Napa Valley
Appellation/AVA: Napa Valley
Vintage: 2010
Grape(s): 96% Cabernet Sauvignon / 4% Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 375ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14.8


Vintage Notes: 2010 was one of Northern California’s coolest years in the past few decades. Aside from a few days in September where the heat spiked, the growing season was long and cool. This ideal weather allowed the Cabernet to slowly bring along the flavors and create a wine with impressive structure and cut. It has power, but also the delineation you would expect to find in smaller players wines.

About: Since 2010 was cooler and abundant in fine structure naturally, Banshee took a bit more from the Oakville and Rutherford appellations and a little less from Howell Mountain. The resulting wine is 64% valley floor and 36% mountain fruit. They used only a sparse amount of other traditional Bordeaux blending varieties because we were so blown away with the Cabernet, which expressed remarkable purity and varietal character. As a result, only 4% of the wine is comprised of Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc. The wine was aged for 15 months in 90% new French Oak and 10% second and third use French Oak barrels. It's densely packed with blackberry, currant, and plum flavors and buoyed by an intricate, yet firm structure. It is delicious now but will continue to improve over the next 10-15 years.