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Friday, February 24, 2023 - Premiere Napa Valley; 2/22/2023-3/25/2023 (Napa, California): Cathiard Vineyard is the new project of the owners of SHL when they bought the Flora Springs vineyard in Rutherford. The wines have a wonderful elegance, grace and length about them, along with the dusty tannins which Rutherford is known for. The prices are quite high and I feel they will rely on their SHL to bring new buyers to Napa.

The Cabernet Sauvignon from Cathiard Vineyard is located at the top of the vineyard, this is higher elevation and shows much more concentrated and deeper flavours of cassis, blackberry, unsmoked tobacco, and bay leaves. The palate is medium+ bodied with dark concentrated fruit, crushed florals and herbs, the mid palate is quite velvety yet with elegance and grace like the other Cathiard wines. The finish is long and lingering. This is a real triumph of the 2020 vintage, yet at $390/bottle is not the best QPR of the vintage. At $190 would be a buy.

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