2014 Seavey Caravina Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA
Regular price $85.00
VINEYARD NOTES
Seavey’s 16th vintage of estate-produced Caravina Cabernet, the 2014, was made from grapes sourced from a unique tapestry of steep hillside blocks in the vineyard notable for their intense and youthful flavors. Following a winter with scant rain, a warm, dry spring gave way to ideal summer conditions and then a mild harvest period that allowed us to patiently pick each block at full ripeness.
PRODUCTION NOTES
Winemaking followed classic Bordeaux methods with whole-berry fermentation. In the cool of the early morning harvest, grapes were promptly de-stemmed and the uncrushed berries were gently transferred into fermentation tanks. In order to carefully manage the tannins and resulting wine texture, the grapes were neither crushed nor run through a pump. Following fermentation, the wine was aged in French oak barrels (40% new) for 19 months before bottling in June 2016.
93 points Vinous
“The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Caravina is going to need at least a few years to fully come together. Aromatically expressive and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2014 delivers superb quality and pedigree for the money. Smoke, cedar, tobacco, graphite, tar, licorice and dried herbs add the closing shades of nuance. Caravina remains one of the very best values in Napa Valley Cabernet.”
- BLEND
- 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot
- PRODUCTION
- 2,200 Cases
- BARRELS
- 100% French Oak (40% new)
- CELLARING
- 2017 - 2031
- ALCOHOL %
- 14.5
- WINEMAKING TEAM
- Jim Duane & Philippe Melka
