Spottswoode Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 (1.5L) MH and a willingness to lean

and a willingness to lean on off-piste grapes including rare Pinot Blanc and 100% Meunier

It's light-bodied and silky

Since 2016 the house has been run by Julien Desplans

this one is taut

Spottswoode Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 (1.5L) MH and a willingness to leanMary Weber Novak released Spottswoode's first Cabernet in 1982 from the historic St. Helena estate her family purchased in 1972, and within a decade the wine was sitting alongside Napa's most coveted bottlings. 1990 was a benchmark vintage in the valley, and Spottswoode's version has aged exactly as the great ones do: composed, focused, fully resolved. In magnum, the wine has evolved more slowly and shows even more freshness and structure than the