Red
Highlands Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
Howell Mountain · Napa · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Howell Mountain · Napa
- Appellation
- Howell Mountain
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
bife grelhado · cordeiro assado · queijos envelhecidos
Rated vintages
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200792 pts
This is an inky-black wine, with soft, jammy flavors of blackberries, cherries, dark chocolate and oak. The tannins are mountain thick but as refined as modern winemaking can make them. And the finish? Sweet and dry at the same time, which only a good wine can accomplish. Needs…
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200690 pts
Compared to Highlands' regular Cab, this is a great example of sometimes, more is less. The '06 Reserve is a gigantic wine, both in ripely extracted currants and in the taste of new, smoky oak. But it's very size makes it ponderous. The question is one of ageability. It could we…