We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon received a Gold Medal & 92 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded 92 Points from Wine Enthusiast Magazine!
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon received a Double Gold Medal & 92 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2017 Old Vine Zinfandel received a Gold Medal & 93 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Petit Verdot received a 91 point rating from Wine Enthusiast:
“This is a thick, brooding red wine from the producer's own estate vineyard—a study in dusty rock, graphite and dark cherry. Tobacco, leather and caramel chime in midway through on the palate, surrounded by structured tannin and well-integrated oak that complement the wine's broad shoulders and rich ripeness.”
-VIRGINIE BOONE, WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon received a Gold Medal & 92 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
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“In 2016, Howell Mountain experienced an even and balanced growing season. The near perfect growing conditions created some of the best fruit we have ever seen in this region. Full clusters with medium sized berries produced grapes with focused fruit and integrated tannins commonly present in Howell Mountain fruit. With the steady heat in the late summer, the fruit was able to easily reach maturity and was harvested in late-October.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Franc received a 91 point rating from Wine Enthusiast:
“Soft, supple and richly etched in red fruit, this wine is also earthy in cedar, tobacco and dusty rock. Tight, firm tannins give it pronounced structure and elegance around peppery spice and lasting oak, the wine aromatic in mountain violet and sage.”
-VIRGINIE BOONE, WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain 2016 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon received a coveted One Puff from Connoisseurs' Guide to California:
“Very much a wine of mixed messages at present insofar as it is as tough as it is rich, this mountain-grown youngster hews to the sturdy structural lines that its provenance predicts. It is not bludgeoned by runaway tannins, and it does have ample, well-defined, ripe Cabernet fruit in reserve, but it will require some waiting before its rigidity eases enough to let fruit assume an unchallenged starring role. Five or six years would seem about right. “
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Franc received a Double Gold Medal & 94 point rating from American Fine Wine Competition.
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“In 2016, Howell Mountain experienced an even and balanced growing season. The near perfect growing conditions created some of the best fruit we have ever seen in this region. Full clusters with medium sized berries produced grapes with focused fruit and integrated tannins commonly present in Howell Mountain fruit. With the steadyheat in the late summer, the fruit was able to easily reach maturity and was harvested in late-October.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Franc has been named the “Top Cabernet Franc in the World” at the 2020 TEXSOM International Wine Awards. The Awards garnered 2,875 total entries representing 25 countries and 19 U.S. States. Entries in the TEXSOM International Wine Awards were blind-tasted and judged by internationally renowned tastemakers from all over the world, including 19 Master Sommeliers, 16 Masters of Wine, and other category experts.
Wines demonstrating quality and unique character that are exceptional even amongst their medal-winning peers may be nominated by judging panels for specific Judges’ Selection categories. All Judges’ Selection nominees are elevated to platinum medal. These platinum medal wines are blind tasted by special panels to award the winner for each category of Judges’ Selection medal. This year 52 Judges’ Selection medals were awarded with the Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Franc being awarded the Judges’ Selection for the Top Cabernet Franc of the tasting. We will be releasing this wine in our next release. To insure that you receive the opportunity to purchase this wine, sign up for our wine club, sign up for our mailing list, or to our wine blog below to be alerted of the release.
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Click here to see the results of the TEXSOM 2020 International Wine Awards
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon received a coveted 1-Puff rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“It is hard to miss the family resemblance evident in the Howell Mountain Vineyards pair, but this one does not have quite the fruity depth and stamina of its mate and is thereby a little more exposed to drying tannin. That it will age into better is certain, and three or four years of cellaring will be of real benefit.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon received a Gold Medal from the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition!
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“In 2016, Howell Mountain experienced an even and balanced growing season. The near perfect growing conditions created some of the best fruit we have ever seen in this region. Full clusters with medium sized berries produced grapes with focused fruit and integrated tannins commonly present in Howell Mountain fruit. With the steadyheat in the late summer, the fruit was able to easily reach maturity and was harvested in late-October.”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2016 Beatty Ranch Zinfandel received a coveted 2-Puff and 91 point rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“Lively, well-ripened, blackberry fruit gets a nice assist here from a carefully measured complement of creamy oak, and, while the wine shows a good sense of substance and depth from front to back, it is not beholden to overblown ripeness and stays in fine fruity focus throughout. Its supple beginnings are followed by a bit of sinewy stiffness owing to its combination of evident tannin and slightly elevated acidity, but it has the pieces to age handsomely and a few years on the cork will see it through to a more polished maturity”
We are pleased to announce that our Howell Mountain Vineyards 2015 Beatty Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon received a coveted 1-Puff rating from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:
“True to the sturdier, slightly tougher norms of Howell Mountain Cabernets, the winery's solidly constructed Beatty Ranch bottling teases with touches of minerally complexity but is, in the main, fairly closed-in and brooding once past its moderately intense, ripe currant aromas. It is presently beat up by more than a bit of back-palate tannin, but, even if dissuasively astringent at the moment, it conveys an always-convincing sense of fruity substance and depth that raises real optimism for age. Hasty drinking is best avoided, and, although a minimum of five or six years of patience is recommended, another half-dozen could pass before it rounds into its best.”
