2016 Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon Young Vines
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I loved the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst, a classy wine that shows the style of this great estate perfectly as well as the quality of the vintage. Lots of pure cassis fruits along with touches of violets and tobacco give way to a medium-bodied, ethereal, elegant wine that has terrific purity, balance, and length. It will evolve gracefully for 15 years or more.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst is plump, juicy and super-expressive. Readers looking for a 2016 Cabernet to drink now will find so much to enjoy in the Lyndenhurst. Succulent dark cherry, plum, spice, mocha, menthol and lavender are nicely pushed forward. Soft contours and silky tannins make the 2016 a real joy to taste.
Bright crimson. Aromatic and direct. Not nearly as complex yet as the 2010, which showed the ageing potential of this wine. Sweet start and certainly approachable. Very different from the grand vin. (JR)
Another gorgeous wine in this range, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst is wonderfully fresh, vibrant and nuanced. Black cherry, plum, spice, lavender, new leather and menthol overtones develop in the glass, but like so many 2016s, the Lyndenhurst simply dazzles with its exquisite balance and total class.
About the producer
Spottswoode is one of those rare Napa estates whose reputation rests less on volume or spectacle than on persistent exactitude. Set on the western edge of St Helena, where the Mayacamas rise and afternoon breezes temper the valley’s warmth, the vineyard occupies a favoured pocket of the appellation.