Spottswoode Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 CS20230713 From the producer: We take

From the producer: We take our fully matured 5-year straight bourbon and transfer it into Ruby Port barrels for 6 additional months

Watson Ranch is one of those quietly important California vineyards that the cognoscenti chase but the general public has never heard of

and built for another few years in bottle

spends 36 months on the lees

as he tells it

Spottswoode Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 CS20230713 From the producer: We takeMary Weber Novak released Spottswoode's first Cabernet in 1982 from the historic St. Helena estate her family purchased in 1972, and the wine quickly became a touchstone for elegance in Napa Cab. 1991 was another strong vintage on the heels of the celebrated 1990, and this bottle shows the estate's signature poise: structured but never heavy, fruit fully folded into tobacco, cedar, and dried herbs. Library wines from Spottswoode are scarce on the