Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
(Napa Valley, California) - [WA 94] [VM 94] [WS 93]

About the Winery:
Since 1979, Randy and Lori Dunn have owned and operated Dunn Vineyards and continue to produce one of the most highly acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignons from Howell Mountain and the Napa Valley.

About the Wine:
The Napa Valley wines are a blend of our Howell Mountain fruit and a small quantity of valley floor fruit that we purchase. This valley floor fruit contributes to the wine’s earlier approachability and softer tannic structure.

Tasting Notes:
Aromatically expressive and nuanced, the wine offers plenty of immediacy, with attractive red cherry, plum, sweet tobacco, dried flowers and cedar nuances.

94 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"Dunn's 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon shows terrific purity and focus in its aromas of cassis and pencil shavings and on the medium to full-bodied palate, where it's streamlined and smooth. There's intensity and concentration, but they sort of slide past almost unnoticed, lubricated by fine-grained tannins and lingering notes of cassis and graphite on the finish." - Joe Czerwinski (May 2022)

94 Points - Vinous Media:
"The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a gorgeous wine, especially for Dunn fans who want a wine to drink that won't take forever to come around. Dark and savory, with terrific depth, the 2018 is full of character. Black cherry, lavender, chocolate, sage, mint and cloves all open in the glass. The 2018 has just enough grip to have a good amount of classic structure, but not to the point of being forbidding. The Napa Cabernet is 55% Howell Mountain and 45% Coombsville fruit. The 2018 is beautifully done and an absolute delight." - Antonio Galloni (Jan 2022)

93 Points - Wine Spectator:
"Well-endowed, with waves of lightly warmed plum sauce, blackberry preserves and melted black licorice framed by a roasted apple wood note. Flashes of sassafras and sweet bay leaf add alluring range through the muscular finish. Best from 2023 through 2035. 1,814 cases made." - JM (Jun 2022)