Whitehall Lane
2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
, Napa Valley
Mancino Lanciatore

92 Points - Wine Spectator
91 Points - Wine Advocate
91 Points - James Suckling
90 Points - Wine Enthusiast

Deep garnet-purple color with enticing and fragrant with notes of blackberry pie, Bourbon soaked maraschino cherries, Madagascar vanilla bean, mission figs, graphite, candied walnut, and cedar.  The palate provides big, round juicy tannins, baked black plums, candied walnuts, toasted bread, cola, and fresh blackberry pie.  For those that like them big, rich, voluptuous, and powerful expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. 

We recommend decanting for a few hours before enjoying.
Will age gracefully in the cellar for 15-20 years.

WINEMAKING

The 2016 Mancino Lanciatore is a stunning wine of power and concentration. Its name translated from Italian means "left-handed thrower" and is an ode to our proprietor, Thomas Leonardini, Sr. and several other left-handed Leonardinis. Upon hand harvesting in the early morning hours, grapes were carefully destemmed and sent to tank for a whole-berry fermentation. The grapes were cold-soaked in tank at 45 degrees for 4-7 days, allowing for increased color, aroma, and flavor extraction. After inoculation, the grape must (juice, skins, and seeds) fermented at 82 degrees, which allowed for a hot extraction on the skins. For fermentation cap management, the juice was pumped over the skins two times per day, wetting the cap evenly for a nice healthy fermentation. After fermentation and pressing, the wine was sent to 60% new French oak, 40% neutral oak barrels, aging for 26 months. 2016 Mancino Lanciatore is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. At bottling, this wine was unfined and unfiltered.

VINTAGE

The 2016 vintage began with a mild winter and not much rain, leading to an early bud break and an early start of our growing season. Spring weather was cool and summer was warm, allowing the fruit to mature at a steady pace. By September and October, the grapes were harvested at optimal ripeness. The Cabernet Sauvignon in this wine was harvested predominantly from the Oak Glen vineyard, but has a touch of our Fawn Park and Millenium MM vineyard to balance it out.

Winemaker: Jason Moulton
Vintage:  2016
Appellation:  100% Napa Valley
Varietal Composition:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 15.1%

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