2016 Galerie Cabernet Sauvignon Pleinair
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Made by Laura Diaz (formerly at Lokoya) and coming mostly from valley floor fruit, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Pleinair is a sexy, flamboyant beauty that boasts a deep purple color, a huge nose of cassis and blueberry fruits, a complex floral character, full body, and a pure, elegant, yet pleasure-bent style that’s already a joy to drink.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Pleinair is an attractive, mid-weight wine. Bright red cherry fruit and floral overtones grace this open-knit, easygoing Cabernet Sauvignon. Vineyard sources are Stagecoach, Cardinale, Bosche, Red Hen, Wurtelle and Yverdon. Drink it over the next few years.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Pleinair Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) opens with rambunctious crème de cassis, plum preserves and lifted notes of candied violets and lavender with touches of of menthol and cedar chest. Full, rich, concentrated and packed with flamboyant fruit, it has a solid frame of rounded tannins and a long finish. 2,058 cases produced.