Dana Estates - 2018 - Helms Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml.

Country: USARegion: Napa ValleySub Region: RutherfordVarietal: Cabernet SauvignonVintage: 2018 - Size: 750 ml. - Type: RedThe 2018 Helms Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is perfumed with dried rose petal, star anise, and black plums. Elegant and refined tannins mingled flavors of black cherry, mocha, and exotic spices. The finish lingers and displays the wines precision and poise. While delicious now, the wine will gracefully build in complexity as it ages.Expert NotesRobert Parker: 98Helms vineyard consists of five acres on gravelly loam, right on the northern edge of the Rutherford bench, planted in 1997 and 1998 to Cabernet Sauvignon clones See and 337. The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Helms Vineyard is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 21 months in French oak barrels, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it rolls out of the glass with seductive scents of Morello cherries, blackcurrant pastilles and mulberries with hints of chocolate mint, violets and forest floor,