2010 Metaphora Cabernet Sauvignon

2010 Metaphora Cabernet Sauvignon

2010 Metaphora Cabernet Sauvignon The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon is polished, soft, well-rounded, and elegant with expressive layers of dark red and black berries, vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans, tobacco, and ends with a long, pure silky finish. The firm Howell Mountain tannins are softened with fruit from the valley floor, making this dynamic wine extremely approachable now, but with ample structure to enjoy well into the next decade. 95.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4.7% Petit Verdot. 28 months in French oak barrels. Winemaker: Bruce Scotland. 525 cases produced.

Metaphora

Wine has long been a metaphor for the best life has to offer – a celebration of family and friends, momentous events, the ultimate symbol of living well. For Metaphora founder, Ravi Mehta, the meaning runs deeper: it is a playful pun in honor of his family: “Four Mehtas,” an homage to artisan winemaking which prizes the integrity of each bottle, and a celebration of wine as the quintessential embodiment of joie de vivre, represented by the Three Graces: Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer), who adorn the label and speak to the philosophy behind Metaphora wines.

Each bottle is a meditation on wine as art – utilizing the best grapes from Napa Valley’s most famed vineyards, and dedicated to excellence in winemaking, each vintage is handcrafted and made in limited quantities to ensure that quality is never compromised.  Metaphora observes the time-honored practices that include carefully monitored growing, an impeccably timed harvest, handpicked and hand-sorted grapes placed in small bins, cold-soaked for maximum extraction of the skins, whole cluster fermentation, and meticulously managed aging in the highest quality French oak barrels.