Robert Craig’s Howell Mountain cabernet sauvignon has been off the charts in recent years, and the ’09 could well be the finest in a string of successful vintages. This mountain-grown cab is rich and dense, layered with aromas of mocha, cassis, blackberry and oak vanillin, firm, chewy tannins and exceptional length and persistence of flavor. It is heavily oaked, but it has abundant fruit to handle the wood treatment, and it is obvious the best is yet to come for this blockbuster mountain cab.
Robert Craig, Howell Mountain (Napa Valley) Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
By Robert Whitley