Far Niente Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc

Country

United States

Region

Oakville · Napa

Appellation

Oakville, Napa, California

Body

full

Acidity

medium

Tannin

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201494 pts

  Sourced largely from the Martin Stelling Vineyard, this is a supple, soft wine, with refined tannins. A zippy nose of rose and spice scents paves the way for more powerful leather saddle, cedar and black tea elements. Its fruit is wild and brambly, recalling blackberry and dark…

• 201395 pts

  Sourced largely from the Martin Stelling Vineyard behind the winery in the western shade of Oakville, this wine opens with charred oak and a smoky, meaty character that intrigues. Seamless on the palate in soft, perceptible tannin, it delves into characteristics of cedar and bru…

• 201294 pts

  Gentle on the front palate, this gorgeously rendered Cabernet Sauvignon, with smatterings of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, develops weight and body as it goes, while retaining classic restraint. Cherry and cassis counterpoise layers of toasty oak, cedar and silky tannins, fin…

• 200895 pts

  Shows the elegance and pedigree that this estate vineyard, in the heart of the Oakville bench, always shows. The tannins are sweet and ripe, and the wine brims with luscious blackberry, cassis and mocha flavors, accented with new oak that's flashy, yet perfectly in keeping with…