2018 Boich Family NVS
Estimated value
Buying options
Tasting notes
From the venture's home vineyard on Mount Veeder, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Wall Road Vineyard includes a bit of Cabernet Franc, which is picked at the same time as the Cabernet Sauvignon and co-fermented. Sage and thyme notes accent cassis and crushed stone on the nose, while the palate is full-bodied but restrained, concentrated and intense, with fine-grained tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish.
Critic scores
James Suckling
Jeb Dunnuck
More reviews and scores
Lots of dark fruit, together with pine needle, bark and some wet earth, following through to a medium body with pretty dark fruit and a medium finish. A bigger style, but showing some finesse. Drink or hold.
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Wall Road Vineyard is a more structured wine, which is normal for wines from Mount Veeder, a cooler, mountainous terroir. Giving up lots of red and black fruits intermixed with notes of scrub brush, tobacco, crushed rock, and freshly sharpened lead pencils, this beauty hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, some chalky tannins, terrific depth of fruit, and the concentration, structure, and balance to improve over the coming 4-5 years and keep for two decades.