Gold Medal & 96 points awarded to our 2015 Petit Verdot!

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Petit Verdot received a Gold Medal and 96 points from the American Fine Wine Competition.

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“Hauntingly dark in the glass at first site, our 2015 Howell Mountain Petit Verdot exhibits the classic characteristics of this highly tannic, black fruit grape. The light crop and smaller than normal berries produced a dense, chewy, full structured wine with firm tannins. On the palate, the hints of blackberry, blueberry and earthy, cigar box and leather notes fought its way through the tannins. This wine continues its dark fruit decent into the palate and finishes with a long mouth-drying finish with firm tannins and gripping acid, begging for this wine to be cellared up to 12-15 years.”

Gold Medal & 93 points awarded to our 2015 Cabernet Franc!

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Cabernet Franc received a Gold Medal and 93 point rating from the American Fine Wine Competition.

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“Our 2015 Howell Mountain Cabernet Franc is ruby red in the glass and exhibits a lush, clean nose with black cherry, blackberry and sweet black plum fruit notes with a hint of underlying green pepper. The wine has a soft, velvet -like, texture up front with bold spiced blackberry and juicy cherry avors. As the wine settles on the palate, there are subtle tannins that support this fruit, presenting a structured wine with black currant, dried cranberry, and black spice. The wine lingers on the palate, with a long dark fruit nish. This wine needs 3-4 years in the bottle and can be enjoyed over the next 12 years.”

Double Gold Medal & 95 points awarded to 2015 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon received a Double Gold Medal and 95 points from the 12th Annual American Fine Wines Competition.

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Two-Puffs & 92 point rating awarded to our 2016 Primitivo Clone Zinfandel

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Primitivo Clone Zinfandel received a 92 point rating from the Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine.

As is the case with both of its equally well-made cellarmates, this is a very deep and impressively filled wine that is rife with concentrated, ripe raspberry and black berry fruit, yet it goes a step further when it comes to complexity and is accented with sympathetic elements of spice and dusty soil. It is, at present, a bit tight at the finish with both acidity and tannin making themselves known, but it will relax and round into fine shape with a few years of age, and we expect it to evolve and improve for at least a half-dozen more.

Gold Medal & 93 point rating awarded to 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel received a Gold Medal from the 12th Annual American Fine Wines Competition.

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91 points awarded to 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon received a 91 point rating from American Fine Wine! For a complete list of winners, click here: https://americanfinewinecompetition.org/the-results-of-the-12th-annual-american-fine-wine-competition/

91 point rating & Two Puffs awarded to our 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel received a 91 point rating & Two Puffs from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:

Ample ripeness, as this well-made Zinfandel so capably demonstrates, need not come at the cost of balance and polish, and, when met with as much deep and energetic fruit as is on display here, is no liability. The wine is quite full in body but is not sprawling or oversized, and its linear, very long-lasting flavors are marked by a striking sense of varietal purity and early gleanings of further layering to come with age. We see it deepening and becoming even more interesting with time, and, while not at all difficult to taste now, it is sure to reward a good half-decade of keeping.

90 point rating awarded to our 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Old Vine Zinfandel received a 90 point rating from Wine Enthusiast Magazine:

From some of the oldest plantings on the producer's mountain site, planted pre-Prohibition, this wine is thick, dense and plummy in dried fruit, tobacco and oak. Generous tannin structure makes it strong in style, dominant in blackberry, cherry and dark chocolate as it finishes.

VIRGINIE BOONE, WINE ENTHUSIAST CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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91 point rating awarded to our 2015 Cabernet Franc

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Cabernet Franc received a 91 point rating from Wine Enthusiast Magazine:

Soft, sultry and spicy, this 100% varietal wine is from a low-yielding vintage and appellation, with blockbuster characteristics of blackberry, black cherry and black pepper. Clove, cigar box and earthy tannin add additional savory flavor around a grippy texture.

VIRGINIE BOONE, WINE ENTHUSIAST CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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Gold Medal awarded to our 2015 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon received a Gold Medal from the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. To purchase this wine, please visit our On-Line Wine Shop.

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