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Continuum Proprietary Blend Napa Valley 2015

Reviews

100 -James Suckling -

This is sensational with blackberries, blueberries and mineral. Extremely floral, too. Full-bodied but so seamless and refined with polished tannins that just melts into the wine. Goes on for minutes. A subtle and glorious wine that will be a new classic for Napa Valley. An emotional red that touches your soul. Energy. 46% cabernet sauvignon, 31% cabernet franc, 17% petit verdot, and 6% merlot. Very approachable now but better in 2022.

98+ -Vinous -

Bottled just a few months ago, the 2015 Continuum is shaping up to be a real gem. The flavors are dark, bold and incisive. In 2015, poor weather during flowering took with it 50% of the production in Continuum's prime Cabernet Sauvignon blocks. As a result, the 2015 has a high percentage (31%) of Cabernet Franc. Today, the Franc is keeping the wine a bit clenched, but that should be less of an issue as time passes.

97 -Decanter -

After the Mondavi family lost their namesake winery to Constellation Brands in a takeover buyout for $1.03 billion in 2004, brother and sister Tim and Marcia Mondavi founded Continuum in the stunning beautiful mountainous area known as Pritchard Hill. The wine possesses an exquisite, almost primordial aroma of dark berries, sun baked rock, botanical herbs, and mountain sage brush. It has an enormous tannin structure and yet nearly melts in the mouth. (The small amount of Merlot in the wine undoubtedly contributes). Great precision and hedonism.

97 -Jeb Dunnuck -

Showing well, the 2015 Continuum is still youthfully purple-hued with an opulent, full-bodied style in its darker black and blue fruits, leafy herbs, garrigue, and spice-driven aromas and flavors. Coming from a hot, low-yielding year, this nevertheless has flawless balance, a pure, layered mouthfeel, and ripe tannins. It's absolutely singing today, yet it has another 2+ decades of life ahead of it.

97 -Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider -

97 -The Wine Independent -

The 2015 Continuum is a blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Cabernet Franc, 17% Petit Verdot, and 6% Merlot, with all the fruit estate grown from Sage Mountain Vineyard on Pritchard Hill. There was cold snap during flowering and we ended up with half a crop in 2015, said Tim Mondavi. This also affected the 2016 crop, lowering volumes that year by 20%. It is deep garnet-purple in color and bursts with notes of exotic spices, blackberry preserves, crème de cassis, Jasmine tea, and incense, followed by an undercurrent of currants. Medium to full-bodied, the generous black and red fruit flavors are well-framed by firm, grainy tannins and compelling freshness, finishing long and spicy.

96 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

From estate-wide average yields of just 1.3 tons per acre, the 2015 Proprietary Red is a blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Cabernet Franc, 17% Petit Verdot and 6% Merlot. It's a full-bodied, lush and velvety effort, with classic scents of ripe cherries and dark chocolate accented by sage, bay and floral nuances and with a long, complex and still gently tannic finish.

96 -Wine Enthusiast -

This deeply flavored and silky-textured wine is surprising in the way that rather mild aromas of cigar box and pencil shavings lead to very rich and concentrated fruit flavors and a mouthfilling firmly tannic but certainly not heavy texture. It layers blueberry, black cherry, mocha and mint notes that seem to build and expand with each sip and linger on the finish. Best after 2024.

94 -Wine Spectator -

Technical Details

Blend 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Cabernet Franc, 17% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot
Winemaker Tim Mondavi
Country US
Region California
Sub Region North Coast
Appellation Napa Valley
Vineyard Sage Mountain Vineyard
Farming Method Organic Practices
Oak 68% new small French oak barrels
Aging / Cooperage 22 months
Alcohol 16%
Production 2,900 cases

Continuum Proprietary Blend Napa Valley 2015

Name: Continuum Proprietary Blend Napa Valley 2015
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1014735
Price: 219.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Proprietary Blends | California

JS100, VN98+, DC97, JD97, JL97, TWI97, WA96, WE96, WS94

Organic Practices

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Founded by Tim and Marcia Mondavi on Pritchard Hill following the sale of the Robert Mondavi Winery, Continuum is one of Napa Valley's most serious family-driven estates, producing a single Bordeaux-style red each year from iron-rich hillside soils at elevations between 1,300 and 1,600 feet. A cold snap during flowering in 2015 dramatically reduced the crop by roughly half, and the resulting wine carries the concentration that comes from nature's own green harvest. The blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Cabernet Franc, 17% Petit Verdot, and 6% Merlot is deep garnet-purple and opens with exotic spice, blackberry preserves, crème de cassis, and jasmine tea, with a core of dark currants running beneath. On the palate it is layered and supple, with black cherry and roast espresso notes intertwined with mountain minerals, ripe chocolaty tannins, and a long, expressive finish.

About The Producer

Four generations of the Mondavi family have grown and produced wines among the world's finest. Cesare Mondavi was the first to bring wine to the table but it was his son Robert's passion for excellence, which inspired both his family and the world. Tim and Marcia Mondavi, along with their children, maintain this continuum of excellence, innovation, and tradition at their estate, high on Pritchard Hill.

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