Turnbull 2019 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley

Description

Turnbull has been rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley for nearly 40 years. A small, multi-generational family business guided by the long view principle of sustainability. At the core of this independently owned business is their estate-grown fruit, which they carefully tend from dirt to bottle.For this Reserve it starts with the painstaking process of vinifying lot by lot, tasting and evaluating each for specific attributes and characteristics. Like a complex puzzle, Winemaker Peter Heitz weaves together a narrative of place, tasting through and chalking each barrel one by one, to determine the final blends.The fruit for this Oakville Reserve bottling comes entirely from the Fortuna and Leopoldina Vineyards. Located in Eastern Oakville, these sites are situated upon the famous volcanic red soils that the Oakville AVA is known for. The soils from both sites give richness and texture to the resulting wines. The Fortuna Vineyard sits proudly on the alluvial fan at the…