Black Sears Estate 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Napa Valley Red Wine

Black Sears Vineyards

It’s nice to finally roll this wine out. Having never worked with the Black-Sears Vineyard Cabernet before, I had no idea what to expect when this fruit came in late October of 2008. The wine has exceeded all of our expectations. The density of the palate alone reflects the vintage with the wine being built like a ’02 Cabernet. The nose features notes of espresso roast, pain grille and black currants. Palate weight on this wine comes quickly saturated with milk chocolate, blackberries and mocha. The Howell Mountain tannins do creep in at the end providing some delineation to the wine, keeping it focused and true to its hillside origins.
-Thomas Rivers Brown, winemaker.

Type	Red
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2008
Bottle size	750mL
Alcohol content	14.5%
Appellation	California Napa Valley - Howell Mountain
Winemaker	Thomas Rivers Brown
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About Black Sears

Our wines are all estate-grown. The fruit comes from only one vineyard—ours. Which means we have full control over our source of fruit: when and how much to prune, how to manage the soil, which fruit to drop, and when to harvest. This enables us to attain the quality and consistency in the vineyard that is required to make great wines year after year.
Great wine starts in the vineyard, in the soil, in the sunshine, and it starts with farming. But from there, it also requires a masterful winemaker.
Thomas Brown is the meticulous and masterful artist who crafts Black Sears wines. He is a veritable star in Napa Valley, but he knows that when it comes to great wine, the fruit is the star of the show. He simply sets the stage, and like a great director, he does it in such a way that he brings out the best in the grapes. The results of his work are beautiful wines that sing of the land and the conditions that created them.