Heitz Cellar, Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Size:6x750ml by Giuseppe Quintarelli before his

by Giuseppe Quintarelli before his struggle with Parkinson's disease and his death at 84 in 2012

boysenberry and raspberry pâte de fruit flavors

There is good volume and richness to the solidly well-concentrated and appealingly textured medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent depth and length on the quite firmly structured finish where a touch of dryness appears that I suspect is attributable to the recent bottling rather than under ripe tannins

Kellers relentless pursuit of quality is encompassing longer cask maturation and later release of his best dry wines as well as experimentation in both red and sweet wine methodology

I love the aromatic palate that unfolds in this wine

Heitz Cellar, Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Size:6x750ml by Giuseppe Quintarelli before hisMarked by scents of bay leaf, sage, cherries and cassis, the full bodied 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Trailside Vineyard is dense but with a classic linear Cabernet structure. Quite sculpted and fresh for valley floor fruit, it's focused and long on the finish, gently dusty but firm. Once a walnut grove, the vineyard extends from the Silverado Trail down toward the Napa River, with this bottling using fruit from both the rocky, lower bench section of the