Vine Hill Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 8 to 20 years from the vintage release, as its robust structure and refined tannins evolve beautifully with age.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Classic grilled ribeye steak, roasted rack of lamb with rosemary, or rich beef Bourguignon.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Robert Mondavi's relationship with the historic Vine Hill Ranch in Oakville is a testament to Napa Valley's golden era of grape growing. Situated along the gravelly alluvial fans of the Mayacamas benchland, Vine Hill Ranch has been meticulously farmed by the Phillips family since 1959. Mondavi, a pioneer of modern Napa Valley, recognized the exceptional quality of this terroir early on, utilizing its fruit to anchor some of his most prestigious blends before showcasing it in dedicated single-vineyard bottlings. The wine is a classic expression of Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon, typically aged in French oak barrels. It balances rich, dark fruit profiles of blackberry and cassis with complex notes of forest floor, graphite, and the signature dusty tannins of the Oakville bench.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Den visionære vinmager Robert Mondavi grundlagde Robert Mondavi Winery i Oakville i 1966 med en klar ambition: at skabe vine i Napa Valley, som kunne måle sig med verdens ypperste vinhuse. Med base i det ikoniske vineri opført i californisk missionsstil, tegnet af arkitekten Cliff May, kom huset til at spille en afgørende rolle i udviklingen af den moderne amerikanske vinindustri – ikke mindst i kraft af arbejdet med den historiske mark To Kalon Vineyard. Mondavi gik forrest i udbredelsen af nyskabende dyrkningsmetoder, temperaturstyret gæring på rustfri ståltanke og modning på franske egetræsfade, ligesom han gjorde tørgæret Sauvignon Blanc berømt under navnet Fumé Blanc. I dag er vinhuset verdenskendt for sine skelsættende Cabernet Sauvignon-vine fra Oakville og Reserve-serien samt for sine strukturerede, elegante Chardonnay-vine og udtryksfulde blends i klassisk Bordeaux-stil.