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Lewelling 2022 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 600 Cases

  • pH: 3.8

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.55

  • Harvest Date: September 12th & September 16th

  • Aging: 21 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2024

  • Release Date: September 15, 2025

Tasting Notes

Aroma – plush red fruit, vanilla, toasty oak

Flavor – black cherry, cola, sage, graphite, and damp forest floor; a bold amplitude of dark fruit, notable spice on a lasting finish

Lewelling Vineyards 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 600 Cases

  • pH: 3.8

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.55

  • Harvest Date: September 12th & 16th

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 21 months in 75% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2024

  • Release Date: September 15, 2025

Tasting Notes

Aroma- black cherry, vanilla, and sweet oak

Flavor- dark berries mingled with apricot preserves, cedar, and mint; smooth, round tannins, balanced oak, and a cherry-tinted finish

Lewelling Vineyards 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 770 Cases

  • pH: 3.85

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.58

  • Harvest Date: September 17th & 25th

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 21 months in 75% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2023

  • Release Date: September 15, 2024

Tasting Notes

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon offers a bouquet of creme de cassis together with hints of vanilla and anise. The flavor of cassis over delivers in harmony with bright ruby fruits, rosemary blossom, and damp forest floor. Full-bodied tannin, classic cabernet spice, and a dense texture create a multidimensional and layered wine.

Lewelling 2021 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 620 Cases

  • pH: 3.85

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.58

  • Harvest Date: September 24th & October 3rd

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 21 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2023

  • Release Date: September 15, 2024

Tasting Notes

Notes of creme de cassis soar from the glass together with vanilla and sweet oak. This wine hits the palate with dark berries, graphite, chocolate nuance, and licorice. Dense full-bodied tannin and exciting spice create a layered richness and profound finish.

Lewelling 2020 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 620 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.62

  • Harvest Date: September 17th & 25th

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 21 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2022

  • Release Date: September 15, 2023

Tasting Notes

The 2020 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is both elegant and forthright. This wine is laden with cassis and spice, and is bolstered by an energetic opulence and generous mid-palate tannins. The enticing 2020 Wight Vineyard may surprise you.

Lewelling Vineyards 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 770 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.62

  • Harvest Date: September 17th & 25th

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 21 months in 75% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in June 2022

  • Release Date: September 15, 2023

Tasting Notes

The 2020 Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet is emboldened by dark berries, which meld easily with sweet vanilla, rose petal, and licorice. On the darker end of the fruit spectrum and with substantial but gentle oak tannin, the 2020 has a lasting sway.

Lewelling Vineyards 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 950 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.54

  • Harvest Date: October 12, 2019

  • Brix at Harvest: 25.6

  • Aging: 20 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in May 2021

  • Release Date: September 15, 2022

Tasting Notes

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon offers an evocative bouquet of red plum, damp forest floor, and blackberry, together with notes of anise and baking bread. Flavors of raspberries and crème de cassis greet the pallet followed by baking spice, black pepper, and cedar with sweet, round tannins and a lively acidity.

Lewelling 2019 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 600 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.54

  • Harvest Date: October 12, 2018

  • Brix at Harvest: 27

  • Aging: 20 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in May 2021

  • Release Date: September 15, 2022

Tasting Notes

The exceptional 2019 Wight Vineyard Cabernet possesses a natural richness and projects sumptuous aromas of black cherry, balsam fir, and cassis with vanilla. Concentrated flavors of dark plum, summer berries, and damp earth mingle with hints of allspice, cocoa, and California Bay, creating a multi-layered experience with heft and a velvety finish.

Lewelling Vineyards 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 950 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.54

  • Harvest Date: October 15 & 19, 2018

  • Brix at Harvest: 25.6

  • Aging: 20 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in May 2020

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

Tasting Notes

The 2018 Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon is emboldened by dark berries, which meld easily with sweet vanilla, rose petal, and licorice. On the darker end of the fruit spectrum and with substantial but gentle oak tannin, the 2018 has a lasting sway. This enticing wine impresses the mid- palate and might prove to be a vintage for the ages.

Lewelling 2018 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 600 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.54

  • Harvest Date: October 15 & 19, 2018

  • Brix at Harvest: 26.5 & 27

  • Aging: 20 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered in May 2020

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

Tasting Notes

With impressive depth of complexity the 2018 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is both elegant and forthright. This wine is laden with cassis and spice, and is bolstered by elevated tannins. Notes of forest floor, cedar wood, violets, and dark fruit cascade over the palate and finish in an energetic opulence.

Lewelling Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 809 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.62

  • Harvest Date: September 26 & 28, 2017

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.0

  • Aging: 21 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on June 2019

  • Release Date: September 15, 2020

Tasting Notes

The 2017 Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon is lively with sweet tannin and bright acidity. Macerated strawberry, among darker fruits, vanilla, pepper and spice, and some licorice, come together with impressive lilt. The 2017s are bright and balanced, with plenty of structure behind their lush Lewelling Ranch fruit. We were fortunate to have picked many days before the fires of 2017, capturing the purity of the vintage before the smoke and tragedy.

Lewelling 2017 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 486 Cases

  • pH: 3.80

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.62

  • Harvest Date: September 26 & 28, 2017

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.0

  • Aging: 21 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on June 2018

  • Release Date: September 15, 2020

Tasting Notes

The inky purple 2017 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon boasts layers of black cherry, graphite, charcoal, and tobacco. Dense, rich fruit is balanced with rounded tannins and full-bodied texture. The 2017s are bright and balanced, with plenty of structure behind their lush Lewelling Ranch fruit. We were fortunate to have picked many days before the fires of 2017, capturing the purity of the vintage before the smoke and tragedy.

Lewelling Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 708 Cases

  • pH: 3.90

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.57

  • Harvest Date: October 3, 2016

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.0

  • Aging: 20 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on May 2018

  • Release Date: September 15, 2019

Tasting Notes

This precocious vintage leaps from the glass with a flourish of dark berry, plus cocoa, vanilla, pencil shaving, and tarragon, then finishes with a gripping spice. 

Review

“Starting with the larger production (but we're only talking 700 cases), the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon comes all from the estate and is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 20 months in 70% new French oak and was bottled unfined and unfiltered. This sensational effort's purity and balance is something to behold, offering a smorgasbord of creme de cassis, blueberries, tobacco leaf, lavender, damp forest floor, and spring flower-like nuances that develop beautifully with time in the glass. Full-bodied, multi-dimensional, concentrated yet weightless, it's a stunning Napa Cabernet Sauvignon that does everything right. Drink it any time over the coming 15+ years.”

Jeb Dunnuck | January 2019 | 94 pts

Lewelling 2016 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 461 Cases

  • pH: 3.95

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.59

  • Harvest Date: October 3, 2016

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.0

  • Aging: 20 months in 90% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on May 2018

  • Release Date: September 15, 2019

Tasting Notes

Our bolder cabernet of a precocious vintage, this wine has an amplitude of black fruits together with dark chocolate, road tar, violets, and a great depth of plush tannin. 

Review

“There are just over 450 cases of the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Wight Vineyard, another majestic, heavenly example of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from this estate. A selection from the estate vineyard that's all Cabernet aged 20 months in 90% new French oak (it's also bottled unfined and unfiltered), it offers a more pure, focused style than the straight Cabernet Sauvignon (as well as compared to the more over-the-top 2015) yet doesn't lose anything on the opulence and sheer decadence scale. Its incredibly pure bouquet of blueberries, black currants, lead pencil shavings, violets, and damp earth notes all remind me of a great vintage of Ducru-Beaucaillou. Full-bodied, ethereally textured, concentrated, classic and yet just pure deliciousness, this brilliant wine will continue drinking well for two decades.”

Jeb Dunnuck | January 2019 | 97 pts

Lewelling Vineyards 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 709 Cases

  • pH: 3.90

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.60

  • Harvest Date: September 15, 2015

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.4

  • Aging: 18 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on May 30,2017

  • Release Date: September 15, 2018

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: Aromas of cocoa, vanilla and leather, together with dark brambleberry. 

Flavor: Black currant and bright berry balanced with cedar and dusty earth, luscious texture, gripping spice and a lingering finish. 

Review

“The base 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is no entry level wine and offers incredible purity and elegance in its blue fruits, cassis, graphite, and violet-tinged aromas and flavors. This beauty has classic, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon richness, polished tannin, no hard edges, and a great finish. Tasting just like a slightly toned-down version of the Wight Vineyard (Bordeaux lovers will probably prefer this cuvee as it’s slightly more classic in style) it’s a beautiful, layered, multi-dimensional Cabernet Sauvignon to drink over the coming 15+ years.”

Jeb Dunnuck | December 2017 | 95 pts

Lewelling 2015 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 389 Cases

  • pH: 3.95

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.61

  • Harvest Date: September 15, 2015

  • Brix at Harvest: 27.4

  • Aging: 18 months in 80% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on May 30,2017

  • Release Date: September 15, 2018

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: Aromas of ruby fruit, flowers, anise and sweet oak. 

Flavor: Bold cherry and lush violets, clove and stone, layered tannin and spice, mouth filling richness and a tremendous finish. 

review

“The flagship cuvee from this estate is the 2015 Wight Vineyard and it’s always a cellar selection of top lots from the estate vintage. I was able to taste this cuvee from two bottles and this an undeniably majestic, ethereal effort from the Wight Family. Huge amounts of blue fruits, spring flowers, sandalwood, lavender, and potpourri notes all literally soar from the glass and this beauty has just about everything you could want in a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. With a full-bodied, deep, concentrated style, incredible complexity, hints of background oak, and layers of sweet tannin, give it 2-3 years of bottle age and drink over the following 2-3 decades. Bravo!”

Jeb Dunnuck | December 2017 | 98 pts

Lewelling Vineyards 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley

  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills

  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam

  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock

  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5’ x 9’ vine spacing; cane pruned

  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Case Production: 635 Cases

  • pH: 3.90

  • TA (g/100ml): 0.58

  • Harvest Date: September 23, 2014

  • Brix: 27.4

  • Aging: 18 months in 70% new French oak barrels

  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on August 25, 2016

  • Release Date: September 15, 2017

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: An enticing mix of sweet red cherry, currant, and espresso aromas.

Flavor: Bright ruby fruit with cassis, spice, and mineral flavors; chewy mid-palate tannins, marvellous texture and a lengthy finish.

Lewelling 2014 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley
  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills
  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam
  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock
  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned
  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Case Production: 429 Cases
  • pH: 3.94
  • TA (g/100ml): 0.57
  • Harvest Date: September 23, 2014
  • Brix: 27.4
  • Aging: 18 months in 80% new French oak barrels
  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on August 25, 2016
  • Release Date: September 15, 2017

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: Sumptuous aromas of rich berry fruit, coffee, and vanilla.

Flavor: Dark berries mingled with espresso, chocolate, sweet oak and vanilla; mouthfilling richness, layered complexity, and a lingering finish.

Lewelling Vineyards 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley
  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills
  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam
  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock
  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned
  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Case Production: 786 Cases
  • pH: 3.82
  • TA (g/100ml): 0.60
  • Harvest Date: September 25, 2013
  • Brix: 27.4
  • Aging: 18 months in 70% new French oak barrels
  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on August 6, 2015
  • Release Date: September 15, 2016

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: A blend of black cherry, blackberry, vanilla and sweet smoke aromas.

Flavor: Enticing blackberry, cherry and cassis fruit mixed with spice and licorice; substantial, velvety tannins, marvellous texture and a lengthy finish.

Lewelling 2013 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Appellation: Napa Valley
  • Vineyard Site: 1/2 mile south of St. Helena on Lewelling Lane, an alluvial fan at the base of the western foothills
  • Soil: Bale gravelly loam
  • Vines: Cabernet Sauvignon on 110R rootstock
  • Trellis: Vertical, 7-wire; 5' x 9' vine spacing; cane pruned
  • Composition: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Case Production: 446 Cases
  • pH: 3.80
  • TA (g/100ml): 0.58
  • Harvest Date: September 25, 2013
  • Brix: 27.4
  • Aging: 18 months in 80% new French oak barrels
  • Finishing: Bottled unfined and filtered on August 6, 2015
  • Release Date: September 15, 2016

Tasting Notes

Bouquet: Sumptuous aromas of dark berries, spice, toasty oak and espresso.

Flavor: Sweet blackberry and cassis flavors mingled with tobacco, mineral and charcoal; full-bodied with bold, ageworthy tannins, mouth-filling richness, layered complexity, and a lingering finish.