The beginning of the 2019 growing season was defined by copious rainfall and late soil moisture. The long, warm summer saw very few extreme heat events, with foggy mornings setting the stage for vibrant and expressive wines. The long, relatively mild finish to the season, not without its moments of unpredictability, helped to preserve freshness and finesse in the fruit with abundant hang time teasing out great color, structure, and soft tannins.

Traditional winemaking and maturation in French oak have ensured complex and unmistakable wine. The power, softness, and elegance of our chosen fruit, coupled with our winemaking style, results in generous wines with great depth of flavor that are also elegant, multilayered, and finely balanced - in part, due to the favorable Mediterranean climate of Sonoma County.

2019 Dolum Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has expressive aromas displaying roast plum, dark rose florals, chocolate, dark fruit, cinnamon and some sweet toasty oak. Intensity is first and foremost. It unfurls in the glass, revealing dark plum and black truffle scents infused with warm summer berries. Perfectly uniform acidity, wholly refined tannins, with silken texture, all in a sense of tranquility. Aromas of crushed blackberry, plum, blackcurrant and menthol. Full-bodied with powdery tannins. Succulent and fruity on the palate with a core of black fruit and berries.