About this winery
Founded by a successful Finnish sea Captain, Gustave Niebaum, in the 1880’s, Inglenook Estate in Rutherford California was once the most highly regarded of the earliest, great Napa Valley estate wineries. Over the years the estate passed through the hands of Niebaum’s descendants. Eventually the family started to sell off plots of the historic homestead. Even the proud name was put on the market in 1964 and sold to a corporation as merely a brand name. But in 1975, Francis Ford Coppola...
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Product notes
The 2015 growing season at Inglenook began early, staying 14 to 21 days ahead of average from budbreak through harvest. Cabernet Sauvignon from Chateau Block S1 was the first lot to reach maturity; the final block was harvested on September 22nd from the Cohn Vineyard, Red Barn block.
Tasting notes
Sweet, savory scents of cassis, forest floor,wild blackberry, cedar, and vanilla flow seamlessly into a consistent flavor impression on the palate. This wine evokes a true sensation of balance between freshness, oak integration, fruit concentration and modest alcohol. The luxurious mouthfeel and tannin structure offer the added assurance of extended cellar potential.