2017 Stonestreet Rockfall Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

A powerful yet elegant wine with concentrated fruit, complex aromas, and a solid structure supported by ample tannins.

Producer

Stonestreet Estate Vineyards

Region

Alexander Valley, Sonoma, CA

Country

USA

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Varietal Composition

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Specifications

2017

Vintage

2034

Drink By

ABV

Vinification

Aged 20 months in French oak (58% new)

Occasional wine note

Here is a rich and powerful Napa Cab made from high elevation grapes. Big ripe fruits, all kinds of spice, great minerality, and an underlying earthiness all so well orchestrated and elegant. Ribeye anyone?

What experts say about this wine

100

Wine Enthusiast

The Rockfall Vineyard is between 2,000 and 2,200-feet in elevation, and the wine that originates there is powerful and concentrated in style, with robust red-fruit and mineral tones. Herbal and classic, it shows elegance and integrated oak and tannin within its context of intensity and structure.

100

Jeb Dunnuck

Red and blackcurrants, gravelly earth, tobacco, and assorted spice notes all emerge from the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Rockfall Vineyard, and this rich, powerful 2017 has medium to full body, rich, chewy, substantial tannins, good overall balance, and a great finish. It shows more purity and elegance with time in the glass, yet it's still going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and should have an easy two decades of overall longevity.

pairing recommendation