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Proprietory Red 2016

Promontory

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Tasting Notes

The 2016 Promontory is every bit as magnificent as it has always been. A wine of dimension and breadth, the 2016 is so captivating in the way it engages all the senses. Unlike many Napa Valley Cabernets, Promontory, especially in structured years like 2016, really benefits from aeration. That time brings out striking floral and mineral nuance while releasing the fruit as the tannins gently melt. Hints of sage, lavender, graphite and mint lend brilliance to this beautifully sculpted, taut Cabernet Sauvignon. What a wine.

Score: 99

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026 - 2041 01 January 2022

The 2016 Promontory is every bit as captivating as it has always been. Powerful and brooding, with tremendous intensity, the 2016 sizzles with energy. Crushed rocks, graphite, plum, black cherry, licorice and spice infuse the 2016 with tremendous complexity and nuance. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2016 needs time, but it sure is compelling. Everything is super-sized in 2016; aromatics, palate weight, richness and structure.

Score: 99

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026 - 2041 01 January 2021

Shows solid structure and a slightly reticent, dark fruit profile, with currant, fig and blackberry notes allied to a graphite edge, while tobacco and melted black licorice fill in through the finish. This offers sneaky depth and is still in need of some cellaring. Best from 2024 through 2038.

Score: 95

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2024-2038 01 December 2021

The 2016 Estate is pure perfection and a legend in the making. Featuring incredible purity of fruit as well as powerful notes of crème de cassis, gravelly earth, cedar pencil, and chocolate, it has the fresher, pure, classic style of this great vintage front and center. With full-bodied richness and depth, it has an almost Château Latour-like stature and majestic quality, and it should have a similar evolution, requiring 7-8 years to hit its early drink window yet evolve for 20-30 years or more.

Score: 100

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Maturity: 2028 - 2060 27 January 2021

Deep garnet-purple, the 2016 Promontory comes barreling out of the glass with bold scents of black cherries, blueberry pie and licorice, leading to a slowly emerging core of crème de cassis, dark chocolate, black soil and truffles plus touches of cumin seed, mossy bark and beef drippings. The full-bodied palate is densely packed with muscular fruit, backed by a rock-solid structure of very firm, exquisitely ripe, grainy tannins and fantastic tension. The finish is both powerful and beautifully nuanced, hedonic and cerebrally gratifying. This singularly stunning expression of Napa Valley is to be released by the winery in 2021.

Score: 100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2024 - 2065 14 January 2021

I tasted this for the first time last year and it has only got greater. The nose is breathtaking. Purity with incredible complexity, showing dried mushrooms, blackberries, currants and cedar. Some wet earth. Dense and layered blackberries and blueberries. Full-bodied and long with beautiful depth and intensity. The tannins are ultra long. Black truffle comes through. Love the length, finesse and focus. Release in 2022.

Score: 100

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 08 January 2020