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2016 William & Mary Wine Company Shifflett Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

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January 30, 2022 - $120

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RATINGS

95Jeb Dunnuck

…offers medium to full-bodied richness, a seamless, elegant texture, and fabulous notes of black olive, leafy herbs, truffle, and blackcurrants. It picks up a meaty, almost bloody quality with time in the glass and has both richness and complexity.

94Vinous / IWC

...fabulous. Vibrant and nuanced, with stunning purity in its fruit...possesses remarkable class from start to finish. Red cherry, plum, violet and rose petal are some of the many nuances that are laced throughout this super-expressive wine. Silky tannins add to the wine's gracious, polished personality. What a gorgeous wine this is.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.