American wine Red wine wine

Promontory, Napa Valley 2012

97
Tasted by
Adam Lechmere
Tasted in
California

Lovely, sweet dark fruit on the nose. This is deceptively light until tannins and acidity kick in, tightening things up. Then the palate opens. Wet stone, autumnal flavours, a perfect arc rising and falling to a sweet, juicy finish with huge persistence. A light, airy wine, a wide space intricately beamed and raftered and filled with light. This was the first year that a proportion of the wine was put into large Austrian oak casks.

Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
Colour
Red
Wine Style
Still
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-region
Napa Valley AVA
Bottle size
75cl
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon