Lewelling 2018 Wight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

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.