DuMOL 2022 "Montecillo Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

96+ pts                                                                         
DuMol, know for some of the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnays coming out of the Russian River Valley, make this fantastic small-production Napa Valley Cabernet. Limited.

previous vintage 96+ Points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The DuMOL Cabernet Sauvignon Montecillo Vineyard is fabulous, and also a super-classic wine off this Sonoma Valley site. Black-toned fruit, spice, gravel, incense, tobacco and scorched earth saturate the palate with all the savory intensity that is such a signature here. Firm, chalky tannins wrap it all together. Readers will have to be patient. Drinking Window: 2027 - 2046."

In 1964, the iconic and magisterial Montecillo Vineyard was planted at 1,700 feet on the steep southwest-facing slope of Moon Mountain, a stone’s throw from the Sonoma–Napa border. Its highly eroded iron-rich red soils yield profound wines of unmistakable pedigree: distinctive, powerful and complex with a level of character that can only come from vines planted on the margins. This vineyard produces a singular expression that is impossible to replicate.