ADAMVS Teres Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

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Vintage
2016

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750ML

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The 2016 TÉRES bounds from the glass with lush aromas of ripe, wild blackberry, sage, and savory garrigue. Full-bodied, and framed by the fine-grained tannins we have come to expect from ADAMVS Cabernet Sauvignon,this wine exhibits a uniquely seamless integration of all its elements. From its structure, balance, and depth of flavor, look forward to great aging potential.

90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    Leading off the 2016s and fresher and slightly more elegant than the 2015, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon TERES offers a complex perfume of flowery camphor, violets, and blue fruits as well as a medium to full-bodied, refined, seamless mouthfeel that just begs to be drunk. From 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 70% new French oak, it can be drunk today or cellared for 15-20 years.
  • 92
    Aged for 21 months in 55% new French oak, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon TERES is deep garnet-black in color and opens with expressive notes of crème de cassis, mulberries, baked plums and spice cake with wafts of potpourri, eucalyptus and espresso. The palate is full-bodied and firm with ripe, grainy tannins and a lively line lifting the densely packed fruit, finishing on a minty note. Rating: 92+

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Together, Denise and Stephen Adams have been farming Saint-Émilion’s Grand Cru Classé Château Fonplégade since 2004, earning the respect of their Bordelaise neighbors through the revitalization of the storied French estate. Denise and Stephen fell in love with the property that would become ADAMVS, in 2008. Though a diamond in the rough, their experience allowed them to recognize the site’s limitless potential for making world-class mountain wines. In its mosaic of five distinct soil types, ideal elevations, and diversity of vineyard exposures, they saw the perfect convergence of geology and geography.

To realize the estate's promise, and their goal of establishing a new benchmark for excellence on Howell Mountain, they gathered a team that includes viticulturist Giuseppe Tumbarello, general manager and winemaker Alberto Bianchi, and consulting biodynamic viticulturist Corinne Comme.

The Biodynamic farmed vineyard comprises 27 acres that are divided into ten small blocks on their 80-acre Howell Mountain estate, creating a rich tapestry of elements from which they craft their wines. To realize the complexity that defines the finest Cabernet Sauvignons, their estate ranges in elevation from 1,500 to 2,000 feet. Of their 27 planted acres, 25 are Cabernet Sauvignon, with nine hand-selected clones.

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A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.

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Today Cabernet Sauvignon is the star of this part of Napa’s rugged, eastern hills, but Zinfandel was responsible for giving the Howell Mountain growing area its original fame in the late 1800s.

Winemaking in Howell Mountain was abandoned during Prohibition, and wasn’t reawakened until the arrival of Randy Dunn, a talented winemaker famous for the success of Caymus in the 1970s and 1980s. In the early eighties, he set his sights on the Napa hills and subsequently astonished the wine world with a Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Shortly thereafter Howell Mountain became officially recognized as the first sub-region of Napa Valley (1983).

With vineyards at 1,400 to 2,000 feet in elevation, they predominantly sit above the fog line but the days in Howell Mountain remain cooler than those in the heart of the valley, giving the grapes a bit more time on the vine.

The Howell Mountain AVA includes 1,000 acres of vineyards interspersed by forestlands in the Vaca Mountains. The soils, shallow and infertile with good drainage, are volcanic ash and red clay and produce highly concentrated berries with thick skins. The resulting wines are full of structure and potential to age.

Today Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petite Sirah thrive in this sub-appellation, as well as its founding variety, Zinfandel.

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