Quilt 2016 Reserve Cabernet

Quilt's 2016 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon garners its distinctive style from the diverse vineyards found in the mountains, bench lands, and valley floor of Napa Valley. The well-drained, nutrient-deprived soils found in each of these topographies stresses the vines, resulting in grapes with extraordinary color, texture, and flavor concentration. Blending these grapes allows us to bring together the unique terroir of each location and craft a wine that's greater than the sum of its parts, marrying the firm tannins and weight of the mountains with the supple fruit-forward notes of the valley floor while maintaining natural acidity.

For the 2016 Napa Valley Quilt Reserve, they tasted the developing wine throughout the fermentation and aging processes, then set aside the best 2% for this reserve bottling. The lot selection was based on intensity, complexity and boldness of expression that could withstand a longer aging cycle and heavier use of new French oak.

Alcohol: 15.2%

91 POINTS - "This wine shows up in force with powerful aromas, black fruit, and oak flavors." - Wilfred Wong

Socially Rated 4+ / 5 ⭐

Deep, dark ruby red. A complex and bold assemblage of dark currant, chocolate hazelnut cream, coffee beans, dark and dense fruits, vanilla, red plum, baking spices and wild berry, along with hints of strawberry, wild field herbs, tobacco and roasted meats. Bold and intense, with blackberry cobbler, crème de cassis, toasted hazelnut, chocolate, toffee and strawberry judiciously balanced with dark and wild berry fruits, licorice, cardamom seeds and baked rhubarb pie. A full-bodied wine with layers of complexity, concentrated black fruit and excellent balance. The wine’s breadth and structure is complemented by a supple, velvety mouthfeel, with the wine coating the mouth with satisfying tannins. The finish is long and satisfying.