2016 Hawk and Horse Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Red Hills Lake County 750 ml

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The Story

Hawk and Horse boasts the winemaking expertise of Dick Peterson, Screaming Eagle’s original consulting winemaker, who started his career making some of BV’s greatest Cabs. His 2016 Hawk and Horse Cabernet—biodynamically farmed on rocky, volcanic soils in one of California’s top vintages of all time—was named a Cellar Selection by Wine Enthusiast. Now, over seven years after harvest, this stunner is in perfect harmony, with a brawny personality that features saturated mountain-Cab fruit accented by a dusting of dried herbs. Simply gorgeous.

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Wine Facts
- Fruit Intensity
- Oak Intensity
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- ABV 14.10%
- 1 hour
- Now - 2037
- % Cabernet Sauvignon
- Serving temperature - 62°
- Cork
Wine Access Tasting Note

Darkly concentrated ruby center, with crimson overtones in the tears. The nose has classic mountain fruit offerings of blackcurrants, smashed mint, bay laurel, blackberries, and pine needles. In the periphery, you get aromas of wild sage, plus other resinous properties like oak leaf, menthol, raw chocolate, and graphite. Displaying beautiful dark fruit, broadly textured on the palate, this wine offers an authentic look at high-elevation, mountain-grown Cabernet with slightly grippy yet fine tannins. A crushed-gravel and tan tobacco component adds another attractive attribute toward the finish. Drink now–2037.
Food Pairings
- Hard Cheese
- Red Meat
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Mountain Fruit Cabernet, Legendary Winemaker

When David Boies saw the El Roble Grande Ranch in 1982, he saw incredible vineyard potential.

This was long before Andy Beckstoffer added Lake County holdings to his famed Napa lineup of To Kalon, George III, and Las Piedras—so the region was untapped and virtually unknown in the fine wine world. But the red volcanic soils, high elevation, and dramatic slopes had a lot in common with great sites in Napa.

The untapped nature of the place married perfectly with Boies and his team’s ambition to create something big and grand, and now Hawk and Horse is farmed biodynamically. They’ve even gone through the trouble and headache to become certified by Demeter, a step that most wineries don’t bother with—but it hints at the attention to detail present across the board here.

Their wine is made by Dick Peterson, one of the greatest legends of California fine wine. The successor to André Tchelistcheff at Beaulieu Vineyard—hand-picked by Tchelistcheff himself—he crafted BV’s flagship bottles during the winery’s heyday, igniting a career that made him one of Napa Valley’s most influential vintners and led him to be the original consulting winemaker at Screaming Eagle.

Peterson gave the 2016 a no-expense-spared treatment in the cellar, in line with Hawk and Horse’s mission to craft some of the finest Cabernet in California. Harvested in late September after one of the most perfect growing seasons in Lake County’s history, it aged in 80% new French oak for nearly two years, softening the burly mountain tannins and intense fruit into a beautiful, cohesive whole. Now, more than seven years past harvest, it’s drinking beautifully.

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