One of our favorite sub-$50 Napa Cabs has recently released their latest vintage, and this might be one of the best renditions of this wine yet!
Turnbull is rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley, making wine of exceptional quality in Oakville since 1979. At the core of this independently owned business is their estate-grown fruit, which they carefully tend to from dirt to bottle. Turnbull crafts their wines with integrity and without compromise, and the signature is a wine defined by consistency of balance, structure, and depth.
It starts with the painstaking process of vinifying lot by lot, tasting and evaluating each fermentation for specific attributes and characteristics. Winemaker Peter Heitz weaves together a narrative of place, tasting through and chalking each barrel one by one to determine the final blends. The Turnbull wines are aged in 100% French Oak barrels and rest in bottle for extended time so that they may be enjoyed as they were intended: upon release and over the long term.
This particular bottling of comes from Napa Valley's Calistoga and Oakville Districts. These are two of the more prominent regions of the Napa Valley, and are home to several of the true cult Cabernet producers. Sourced from their acclaimed Amoenus, Fortuna, Leopoldina, and Turnbull Home Vineyards, each vineyard site lends its own voice and signature to the resulting blend. The fingerprint of the famous Amoenus Vineyard shines through in this wine, providing dark cherry tones and mid-palate width; the Fortuna Vineyard fresh red fruits and spice box components; Leopoldina Vineyard provides structure, texture, and dense black fruit; Home Vineyard, which surrounds our historic winery, brings fresh red fruit and focus.
JEB DUNNUCK 93 POINTS - "The appellation blend from this notable estate, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc. Deep purple-hued, it offers beautifully pure aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, crushed stone and violets. I love its overall purity, it's medium to full-bodied, has a layered, fresh, focused mouthfeel, and enough tannins to keep it drinking nicely for 10-15 years if well stored. Drink 2025-2038."
Turnbull is rooted in the culture and history of the Napa Valley, making wine of exceptional quality in Oakville since 1979. At the core of this independently owned business is their estate-grown fruit, which they carefully tend to from dirt to bottle. Turnbull crafts their wines with integrity and without compromise, and the signature is a wine defined by consistency of balance, structure, and depth.
It starts with the painstaking process of vinifying lot by lot, tasting and evaluating each fermentation for specific attributes and characteristics. Winemaker Peter Heitz weaves together a narrative of place, tasting through and chalking each barrel one by one to determine the final blends. The Turnbull wines are aged in 100% French Oak barrels and rest in bottle for extended time so that they may be enjoyed as they were intended: upon release and over the long term.
This particular bottling of comes from Napa Valley's Calistoga and Oakville Districts. These are two of the more prominent regions of the Napa Valley, and are home to several of the true cult Cabernet producers. Sourced from their acclaimed Amoenus, Fortuna, Leopoldina, and Turnbull Home Vineyards, each vineyard site lends its own voice and signature to the resulting blend. The fingerprint of the famous Amoenus Vineyard shines through in this wine, providing dark cherry tones and mid-palate width; the Fortuna Vineyard fresh red fruits and spice box components; Leopoldina Vineyard provides structure, texture, and dense black fruit; Home Vineyard, which surrounds our historic winery, brings fresh red fruit and focus.
JEB DUNNUCK 93 POINTS - "The appellation blend from this notable estate, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc. Deep purple-hued, it offers beautifully pure aromatics of crème de cassis, graphite, crushed stone and violets. I love its overall purity, it's medium to full-bodied, has a layered, fresh, focused mouthfeel, and enough tannins to keep it drinking nicely for 10-15 years if well stored. Drink 2025-2038."
