2018 | Sterling Vineyards | Sleeping Lady Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Always intense with plentiful tannins, Sleeping Lady Cabernet is a poster child for Napa Valley with great structure, beautiful complexity and layered aromatics. At the top, crushed violets and dark cherry combine to create an aromatic floral compote. Deeper still, rich dark notes of blackberry and currant combine with herbaceous notes of sage and thyme. Warmer nuances of caramel, vanilla bean and espresso combine to create a solid backbone of incredible depth and a beautiful long-lasting finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: Streamlined, with flickers of sassafras and sweet bay leaf dotting the core of cassis and dark cherry fruit. Delivers a polished structure that supports the finish, with a hint of minerality peeking through in the end.

• James Suckling: A riper and richer 2018 with lots of spicy dried fruit with plums and walnuts. Full-bodied and layered. Chewy finish. Bigger style for a 2018. Better after 2023 when it will have smoothed out the rough edges.

Producer Information

Sterling Vineyards is a Napa Valley wine producer, founded by British businessman Peter Newton in 1964. The brand is most famous for producing the first vintage-dated Merlot in California in its inaugural 1969 vintage. Other wines produced in Sterling's 1969 vintage were Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc. The Sterling wine portfolio is led by the flagship Iridium Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from esate vineyards within the Napa Valley. After a hand-pick in the vineyardm the grapes are fermented in a combination of concrete, French oak and stainless steel tanks. It spends 18 months barrel-aging in new French oak prior to bottling. Additional labels include the Napa Valley collection as well as the Reserve which is sourced from vineyards in the Diamond Mountain AVA, Calistoga AVA, Yountville AVA and Mt. Veeder AVA. The winery is also known for the gondola that takes visitors from the carpark to the tasting room atop a 300-feet-high volcanic knoll. In 1977, Sterling was sold to the Coca Cola Company, which had a brief foray into the wine industry. Coca Cola decided to sell the vineyard in 1982 to Seagram, who ran the vineyard until it was bought in turn by the drinks conglomerate Diageo in 2001. The brand was purchased by Treasury Wine Estate in 2016.

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