2019 Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
98 POINTS & DOUBLE GOLD - American Fine Wine Competition

Our 2019 Morisoli Cabernet Sauvignon delivers classic Rutherford character, with red currants and cedar on the nose. Its pleasing palate is plush with ripe black cherries and plum, and silky tannins beautifully elevate its long fruit driven finish.
Vineyard Notes:

This wine comes from Gary & Melody Morisoli’s Vineyard located in the heart of the famed “Rutherford Bench” below Mt. St. John in the Mayacamas range. Gary is a third-generation farmer in a special part of Napa Valley known for well-drained Bale Clay Loam gravelly soils producing fine- grain supple tannins in the wine and where some of the best Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley is grown. The vine rows are oriented on a direction that is slightly North-west by South-East with a “V-trellis” that allows optimum filtered light to hit the ripening grape clusters. Clone 7 Cabernet Sauvignon is grafted to 110R rootstock on this very cobbly and rocky ground. Gary typically uses very limited irrigation during the growing season essentially dry-farming in most years. The vines were planted in 1990 and V. Sattui has been harvesting these grape to make a single-vineyard designate since the first small harvest of 1993. 

Reviews
98 POINTS & DOUBLE GOLD - American Fine Wine Competition
DOUBLE GOLD - SF Chronicle Wine Competition
DOUBLE GOLD - San Francisco Int'l Wine Competition
94 POINTS - Wine Enthusiast
94 POINTS - Ken's Wine Guide
94 POINTS - Wine & Spirits Magazine
92 - 94 POINTS (Barrel Sample) - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
92 POINTS & GOLD - Monterey Wine Competition
92 POINTS - Wine Spectator
92 POINTS - James Suckling
91 POINTS & 2 Puffs - Connoisseurs' Guide