2013 Outpost "True Vineyard" Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
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Bid History: 6 Bids2013 Outpost "True Vineyard" Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Bid on this 2-bottle lot of 2013 Outpost "True Vineyard" Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon (99RP, 95VN). Wine Advocate: "Absolutely as close to perfection as one probably can get is the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon True Vineyard. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is a selection of their very best material. This cuvée represents 375 cases aged 20 months in 90% new French oak. Opaque purple in color and more packed and concentrated than its sibling, it is full-bodied, with blackberry and blueberry fruit, perhaps a slight suggestion of charcoal and volcanic earth and burning embers. The wine has huge structure, massive extract and is as packed and stacked as a Cabernet Sauvignon can be. (RP)" (10/2015)
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Minimum Bid: $350.00
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End Date: Saturday, Jun 6, 2:10 PM PT
Bid History: 6 BidsAuction Item Details
2013 Outpost "True Vineyard" Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Quantity: 2
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Provenance: Purchased directly from the winery and stored in a temperature-controlled home cellar.
Condition: Excellent
The 2013 Outpost True Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon captures the formidable structure and purity of this high-elevation Howell Mountain site, where volcanic tuff, red clay, and fractured basalt give Cabernet both power and a distinctive mineral edge. The wine opens with deeply concentrated blackberry, blackcurrant, and dark cherry layered with graphite, violets, and warm spice, the cool mountain nights preserving remarkable freshness in this benchmark Napa vintage. True Vineyard’s steep, rocky terrain shows in the wine’s firm, tightly knit tannins and its long, driving finish, laced with notes of crushed stone, cocoa, and dried herb. Bold, sculpted, and intensely site-driven, it’s a quintessential Howell Mountain Cabernet built for decades of evolution.
Professional Reviews
99
Wine Advocate
“Absolutely as close to perfection as one probably can get is the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon True Vineyard. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is a selection of their very best material. This cuvée represents 375 cases aged 20 months in 90% new French oak. Opaque purple in color and more packed and concentrated than its sibling, it is full-bodied, with blackberry and blueberry fruit, perhaps a slight suggestion of charcoal and volcanic earth and burning embers. The wine has huge structure, massive extract and is as packed and stacked as a Cabernet Sauvignon can be. (RP)” (10/2015)
95
Vinous
“The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon True Vineyard is every bit as impressive as it has been on the several occasions I have tasted it from cask. An exotic concoction of smoke, graphite, black cherries and lavender makes a strong impression in a towering, distinctive Howell Mountain wine that is going to need a good few years in bottle to truly come together. This is a fabulous showing from Outpost. (AG) 95+” (10/2015)
Product Details
Quantity: 2
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Provenance: Purchased directly from the winery and stored in a temperature-controlled home cellar.
Condition: Excellent
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