2006 Cakebread Dancing Bear Ranch Howell Mt Napa
winery notes: Showcasing the interplay of intensity and
elegance that is Dancing Bear’s trademark, the 2006 edition of our
Howell Mountain red entices with perfumed aromas of ripe black fruits,
forest-floor spice, and rich fig and chocolate tones. On the
beautifully structured palate, the wine delivers intensely concentrated
blackberry, blackcurrant, wild cherry and ripe fig flavors balanced by
firm acidity and round, silky tannins. Built for aging and with a deep
core of fruit that unfolds in a lengthy, spice-and-mineral tinged
finish, this dramatic mountain red makes compelling drinking now, yet
its tight-knit structure argues for another 7-10 years of bottle age. This is a California wine.