Sterling Twe Lux 2015 Sterling Rsv Platinum Napa Cab

Rich and full bodied, Sterling Vineyards Platinum Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine is classic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, in distinctive Sterling style. Handcrafted from exceptional fruit and carefully nurtured and aged for 19 months in French, Hungarian, and American Oak, this rich, full-bodied Cabernet wine offers plush red fruit flavors and aromas, with hints of caramel toffee and oak spice framed by polished tannins. Sterling Vineyards was founded in 1964 by Oxford graduate and successful businessman Peter Newton. Newton was an early pioneer of crafting Bordeaux-inspired red wines in California and helped transform the Napa Valley region into the premier winemaking appellation we know today.

Alcohol percentage: 14.9

Tasting Notes

Platinum is a wine designed to bring a singular thought to life: great wines come from great vineyards, and never so much as when the winemaking and winegrowing teams work hand in hand to carefully nurture the finest fruit toward a well -rewarded harvest. In this vintage, Platinum Cabernet exhibits the purity of fruit expression, polished tannins and rich texture that are the essential signature of this rich, full -bodied wine. As the drought subsided fruit was more expressive, showing aromas and flavors of red and dark fruit such as Bing cherry, with notable vanilla essence from the American oak. The wine is well integrated, nicely structured with medium tannins that suggest a possibility for at least some cellaring. Recognizable cabernet highlights such as mocha, cassis and caramel toffee join with white pepper spice, leading to a lingering, lasting impression. A beautiful expression of Napas varied growing regions.