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Tor Kenward Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Hillside 2015  - First Bottle

Reviews

98 Jeb Dunnuck -
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Hillside is a tour de force! Coming from a site just below Dalla Valle and blended with 5% Cabernet Franc, its deep purple color is followed by a deep, sensational bouquet of blackcurrants, black cherries, scorched earth, flowers, and loads of rock minerality. Possessing full-bodied richness, impeccable balance, and plenty of depth, it`s the purity, nuance, and elegance that set this beauty apart. With building tannin, integrated acidity and big finish, give it 4-5 years of bottle age and it`s going to cruise in the cellar for 20+ years.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
Drive the Oakville Cross Road to the Silverado Trail, then look directly forward and up and you see Tierra Roja, a small four-acre jewel of a hillside vineyard. The vineyard is dotted with big rocks, and the soil is roja (very red). The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Hillside comes from the upper steep terraces of the vineyard, directly below Dalla Valle. It includes 5% Cabernet Franc from another of Oakville’s vineyards. Fermented in a single closed-top tank, this was allowed to stay on its skins for a little over 30 days. The wine continued to pick up sweetness and depth without adding on any drying tannin, so extended maceration was used. After fermentation this was lightly pressed to new Taransaud and Darnajou barrels. Deep garnet-purple colored, it gives profound crème de cassis, blueberry pie, mulberries, plums, chocolate box, menthol and licorice aromas with underbrush hints. The full-bodied palate is firm, vibrant and earthy with herbal accents, finishing long and earthy. 300 cases produced.
96 James Suckling -
Fantastic aromas of dried flowers and dark fruits, which turn into rose petals. Full body and firms, linear tannins. Yet, focused and very long. More nerve. Compacted and so pretty. Drink in 2020.

Technical Details

  • BlendCabernet Sauvignon
  • WinemakerJeff Ames
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia North Coast
  • AppellationOakville, Napa
  • VineyardTierra Roja
  • Alcohol14.80%%

Tor Kenward Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Hillside 2015

Cabernet Blends  |  US
JD98, JS96, WA95

Too late, we are SOLD OUT!

“Tour de force”. “Fantastic aromas”. “Profound creme de cassis”. “Impeccable balance”.


Just a few of the accolades from the critics on this THRILLING new release from Tor Kenward. We are so stoked to finally start getting in some of the amazing 2015 Cabs from Napa -- this is a vintage to stock up on for sure...and this one will easily be a centerprice in the cellar, a special occasion, I-just-got-a-huge-promotion kind of Cabernet. Hailing from a special, steep, terraced vineyard just below the legendary Dalla Valle, called Tierra Roja, we think this is an instant classic.

 

Only 12 barrels produced and extremely well-priced from this hallowed terroir--- we have literally just a few cases to sell, so please move quick if you love TOR like we do!

About the Producer

'Over the last four decades, I've walked almost every corner of the Napa Valley striving to understand exactly what makes a great wine. After 27 years helping Beringer build a wine company known for premium single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnays, my wife, Susan, and I founded TOR Wines in 2001. Jeff Ames made our first wines that year. The plan was simple: our wines would come from only the best blocks in great vineyard sites I knew and revered.' - Tor Kenward