Outpost 'True Vineyard' Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain, USA 2022

“True Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 is a powerful, mountain-grown expression from a high-elevation site on Howell Mountain, delivering both intensity and precision. It opens with deep aromas of blackberry, blueberry, and cassis layered with dark chocolate, graphite, and crushed stone. The palate is full-bodied and richly concentrated yet remarkably balanced, with broad texture, firm, sandy tannins, and a core of dark fruit lifted by freshness and minerality. Aged in a high percentage of new French oak and produced in very limited quantities, this is a bold, structured Cabernet that combines opulence with mountain driven finesse and serious aging potential.

"Outpost's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon True Vineyard has touches of pine and pepper, spicy-resiny herbs on the nose, highlighting black cherries, earth and black olives. It's impressively full-bodied and richly concentrated without seeming heavy or overdone, finishing supple and velvety on the lingering finish. While approachable already, it should easily manage to drink well for two decades." Wine Advocate 98