2019 Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Andrew Geoffrey

Diamond Mountain

330 CASES MADE

Peter Thompson’s 13-acre Andrew Geoffrey Vineyard at 2,000’ on Diamond Mountain produces this massive, structured Cabernet each year. With yields at just over 2 tons per acre, our production is always sparse, and in 2019 we produced a mere 331 cases of the Diamond Mountain Cabernet.

750 ml

"With the 2019 vintage of our Diamond Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon, we come to the end (at least for now) of our tenure with Andrew Geoffrey Vineyard owned by Peter Thompson. Peter is one of the best guys in the Napa Valley, and the quality of his vineyard is without question. Beginning with the 2012 vintage, we have produced eight world class wines from his vineyard near the summit of Diamond Mountain with tremendous critical acclaim. I stopped submitting the wine for review with the 2017 vintage simply because we make so little of the wine, and the track record is supreme.

"Now that our estate vineyards on Howell Mountain and Mount Veeder are fully producing, my focus is there where we can control all of the farming decisions. We are going out with a BOOM in 2019 as this release is without doubt the finest edition we have produced. The 2019 Diamond Mountain District wine is black colored, deep and perfumed with loads of dark, floral tones, mineral, spice-box and graphite pouring out of the glass. On the palate, the profound structure is matched with layer after layer of luscious fruit and round, ripe tannins."

COMPOSITION: 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc
CASES PRODUCED: 331

ANDREW GEOFFREY VINEYARD, DIAMOND MOUNTAIN
With just 13 acres planted on the 60-acre site, the Andrew Geoffrey Vineyard’s unique combination of soils (volcanic ash and loam) and varying exposures (Northeast, North and Northwest) required custom rootstock and clonal selection to optimize use of the land and micro-climates within the site. The vineyard is composed of seventy-eight percent (78%) Cabernet Sauvignon, clones 337 and 15, both on 110r rootstock, eighteen percent (18%) Cabernet Franc of a proprietary clone on 110r rootstock, and four percent (4%) Petit Verdot clone 2 on 110r rootstock.

VINTAGE
2019 in Napa Valley is an exceptional vintage for the mountain AVA’s with ideal growing conditions, moderate yields and superb intensity, whereas valley floor vineyards struggled with excessive ripeness and drying tannins. The early, moderate weather and lack of significant heat events made for one of the best quality vintages of recent memory. Compared to the previous four vintages, 2016 saw wetter spring soil conditions, requiring careful canopy maintenance. Yields were moderate to below average going into harvest. Tannin quantity was high in 2019, but the tannins are supple and round. In the 2019 Diamond Mountain Cabernet the vineyard’s white, volcanic soils delivered a wine of breathtaking intensity and longevity. Even with the enormity of the structure and fruit, there is grace and nuance in the finished wine.

The 2019 Diamond Mountain District wine is black colored, deep and perfumed with loads of dark, floral tones, mineral, spice-box and graphite pouring out of the glass. On the palate, the profound structure is matched with layer after layer of luscious fruit and round, ripe tannins.

COMPOSITION: 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc
CASES PRODUCED: 331

2019 Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

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