2016 Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Bettinelli Sleeping Lady Vineyard
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Deep garnet colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Bettinelli Sleeping Lady Vineyard rolls effortlessly out of the glass with expressive plum preserves, blackcurrant cordial and dried cherries notes, plus suggestions of tobacco leaf, new leather and damp earth. Full-bodied, concentrated and multilayered in the mouth, it has gorgeous, velvety tannins and a long, opulent finish.
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This is solid and tight with a beautiful center palate of dark fruit, hazelnuts and lightly toasted oak. Full body. Sweet fruit in the center palate. Very classy. Give it three to four years to soften, but already impressive.
From a terrific vineyard on the west side of Yountville, and one I suspect will be more well known in the future due to the quality of the farming, the 100% Cabernet 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Bettinelli Sleeping Lady is a pretty, elegant yet full-bodied beauty that has terrific notes of blue fruits, violets, bay leaf, and damp earth. It has an almost mountain fruit-like tension and purity, fine tannins, and a great finish. In short, it's a thrilling Napa Valley Cabernet that's going to keep for 25 years or more.