2015 Castellucci Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Another classic from Castellucci and a vintage in which I think the property did very well when many others were feeling the pinch of the extreme drought. The past 4 years had been excruciatingly dry, vines were really struggling across California and as a result yields were historically low for many producers. However, Spring Mountain is called, Spring Mountain for a reason! The highly permeable volcanic rock that makes up this part of the Mayacamas Range is perforated with many natural springs. The mature vines (planted in the early 1990s) at Castellucci were able to tap into some of this natural, underground water and produced a beautiful wine redolent with more red fruit than the 12, 13, and 14. Spiced currant, loganberry, cigar box, dried mountain chaparral, graphite. Riper tannins than the 14, with lovely purity of fruit and polish. I really enjoyed how this wine was showing and it was still holding up the second day. Plenty left in the tank here I think.