The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is O’Shaughnessy’s largest cuvée of wine, nearly 3,300 cases from her vineyard, with a final blend that is somewhat unusual - 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec, 5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Carménère, and a rather obscure one, 3% St. Macaire. Dense purple in color, with notes of mulberry, blackberry, graphite and spring flowers, the wine has great fruit, a dense, full-bodied mouthfeel, and wonderfully sweet, well-integrated tannin. The acidity is sound, the purity impressive, and the wine long and reassuring. Drink it over the next 20+ years.- RP

Big, rich, powerful, full bodied and concentrated with seemingly equal amounts of ripe, juicy, black fruits and ripe tannins. Fresh, chewy, long and age worthy, the finish is loaded with blackberries, vanilla, earth and spice. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2013+O%27Shaughnessy+Cabernet

A rich, ripe but successful interpretation of Howell Mountain, bursting with creamy blue and black fruit, spring flowers and wild spice: lavish and textural, firm mountain tannins are subsumed in waves of flavor, but the wine is nicely integrated and complete. Enjoy it for its youthful exuberance.