2018 "The Stick" Cabernet Blend

Candlestick Ridge Vineyard

Howell Mountain

7-YR LIBRARY

Our gorgeous flagship Cabernet blend showcasing Candlestick Ridge Estate Vineyard on the ridge of Howell Mountain

Featured 7-Year Library Release Wine

750 ml

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"If ever "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" met a Bordeaux blend, I submit that this is it. After our purchase of Candlestick from Duckhorn in 2015, I was motivated to make a wine that featured the unique black fruit and explosive power that I was tasting in the wines from there following our first harvest. The 2016 first edition was just an animal out of the gates (finally showing beautifully) and the 2017 tasted like a more structured version of Screaming Eagle with Oakville-esq forward flashings. With the 2018 we have found our way forward. "Just right" Goldilocks would exclaim. The 2018 is just a powerhouse wine. (On a side note, the 2019 Stick was submitted to Antonio Galloni at Vinous by accident—I blame Jason—and he awarded it one of the highest scores in his entire article on 2019 Napa Valley (along with our 2019 Estate Howell Mountain Cabernet). The 2018 version of “The Stick" is not lesser in any way. Your "add-on" wine this year is a balanced, dark lake of insight in a bottle. I urge you to give this another year, but we hold it back an additional year in case you can’t wait. This is best served from the navel of a loved one, but Zalto or Riedel will do in a pinch. Don’t sleep on this one."

VINEYARDS: Candlestick Ridge Estate Vineyard
APPELLATION: Howell Mountain
COMPOSITION: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 8% Malbec
CASES PRODUCED: 273

CANDLESTICK RIDGE ESTATE VINEYARD, HOWELL MOUNTAIN
Just down the road, Candlestick Ridge is the northernmost vineyard in the Howell Mountain AVA and is slightly warmer than the summit ridge where the Winery Estate vineyard lies. Candlestick is influenced by warm air from Pope Valley to the east and – at its slightly lower elevation – it is protected from the constant wind that hits the ridge line. The big subsurface boulders were removed during the replanting, leaving thin tufa soil on top of a rocky volcanic bedrock.

About This Wine
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VINEYARDS: Candlestick Ridge Estate Vineyard
APPELLATION: Howell Mountain
COMPOSITION: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 8% Malbec
CASES PRODUCED: 273

About This Wine

VINEYARDS: Candlestick Ridge Estate Vineyard
APPELLATION: Howell Mountain
COMPOSITION: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 8% Malbec
CASES PRODUCED: 273

2018 "The Stick" Cabernet Blend

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