Red Wine Duckhorn Canvasback Cabernet Sauvignon 2016. Decant for 2 hours prior to drinking. Duckhorn’s Canvasback Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from fruit grown in the Red Mountain AVA in Washington State. Blended from 88% Cabernet, with 9% Merlot, the Canvasback is a dark and brooding wine, ripe with aromas of blackberry, cassis, and lavender. The palate continues the black fruit trend, with black currant dominating while flavors of wild herbs, truffle, and earth add complexity. A long and intriguing black pepper finish with a coat of rich tannins ends this wine on a high note. The Canvasback, a dark, textural, and hedonistic wine, begs for red meat that stands up to its powerful flavor: a cast-iron seared steak crusted in peppercorn, roasted lamb with rosemary and thyme, or a beef brisket smoked low and slow would complement this wine nicely. Canvasback is the Duckhorn Family of wine’s first foray outside of California, and they came into the state with a bang, buying a swath of vineyards in the Red Mountain AVA. Red Mountain is one of Washington’s best areas for Cabernet, with sandy loam soils and very little rain that lead to stressed vines, and that makes for deeply concentrated wine. The winemaking team balances this intensity in the wine by aging in 100% French oak barriques for 16 months, with 40% of them brand new. This leads to a wine of complexity and intensity that while drinkable now will grow and mature with age for many, many years.
2016
Red Wine Duckhorn Canvasback Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Red Wine Brunelli Amarone Campo Inferi Riserva 2016. Decant 2 hours before serving. Sweet dark chocolate, raisins and roasted coffee bean aromas erupt out of the glass, while the palate is dominated by crushed redcurrants, plums and cherry liqueur with undertones of dried herbs and figs. Full bodied with a sumptuously rich mouthfeel, the Campo Inferi Amarone has a firm structure with endless layers of complexity which slowly reveal themselves over the course of an evening. This voluptuous and multifaceted Amarone is an ideal choice to savour over an elegant dinner with loved ones or close friends. Choose a hearty meat dish like a prime cut of steak, beef goulash or even a delicate guinea fowl served with truffles to tease out the earthy, herbal character of this unique wine. Only made in small quantities in the best vintages, Campo Inferi Amarone is named after the steep, inaccessible vineyard where the indigenous Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Corvinone grapes are sourced. The Brunelli family have been working this land for generations and know just how to capture the essence of this unique site. Following ancient local winemaking practices, the grapes are carefully selected and dried over the winter to concentrate their flavours before vinification. The young Amarone is then matured in large oak casks for 48 months followed by 12 months of maturation in the bottle.
2016
Red Wine Brunelli Amarone Campo Dei Titari Riserva 2016. Decant 2 hours before serving. The Brunelli family have lived amongst the gentle rolling hills of the Valpolicella wine region since at least the 18th century. For generations the family worked the land of a noble family from Verona, slowly purchasing parts of the estate over the years.
2016