Vecina vineyard is located in the western foothills of Oakville, just to the south-east of the winery (up on Oakville Grade). Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Vecina slips sensuously out of the glass with gorgeous black cherries, kirsch, wild blueberries and blackcurrant pastilles notes plus suggestions of bouquet garni, pencil lead, tilled earth and underbrush. Full-bodied, taut and packed with ripe, expressive, exquisitely accented black and blue fruits, it has loads of earthy sparks and a compelling fine-grained nature to the firm texture, finishing long and layered. This bright, energetic, incredibly nuanced beauty is built like a brick house and, while approachable in youth, is easily a 50-year wine. I therefore urge readers to wait at least 5-7 years before opening to allow for the myriad of subtle nuances to emerge and offer that "WOW" experience that will reward patience.
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2070
Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Review Date: 30th September 2019
The 2016 Vecina got a few expletives in my notes, and it’s one of the more powerful, structured, inward wines in the lineup. From a site on the western side of the appellation (not far from Harlan Estate), its deep purple color is followed by stunning notes of crushed rocks, violets, chocolate, graphite, and cold steel. It’s an incredible, insanely good Cabernet that’s going to benefit from a decade of bottle age and keep for 30 years or more.
Drinking Window: 2030 - 2060
Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 31st January 2020
Blackberry, black-truffle, sliced-mushroom and dried-beef aromas. Full-bodied, broad shouldered and amazingly structured and layered. Dense, extremely long and intense. It’s seamless and goes on for minutes. Great wine. Give it time to give you even more. Better after 2022.
Reviewer Name: James Suckling
Review Date: 3rd May 2019
The 2016 Vecina is the most tannic and brooding of the wines, as it so often is. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of black cherry, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and menthol. I would cellar the 2016 for at least few years to shed some of its youthful bombastic intensity. There is certainly no shortage of character or complexity. As always, Vecina emerges from choice parcels within Vine Hill Ranch.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2031
Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni
Review Date: 1st January 2020
- Details
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- Year 2016
- Colour Red
- Country United States
- Region California
- Sub Region Napa Valley
- Designation
- Pack Size 3x75cl
- Drinking Window 2030 - 2070
- Drinking Recommendation Not Ready
- LWIN 113663620160300750
- Reviews (4)
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100 Wine Advocate
Vecina vineyard is located in the western foothills of Oakville, just to the south-east of the winery (up on Oakville Grade). Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Vecina slips sensuously out of the glass with gorgeous black cherries, kirsch, wild blueberries and blackcurrant pastilles notes plus suggestions of bouquet garni, pencil lead, tilled earth and underbrush. Full-bodied, taut and packed with ripe, expressive, exquisitely accented black and blue fruits, it has loads of earthy sparks and a compelling fine-grained nature to the firm texture, finishing long and layered. This bright, energetic, incredibly nuanced beauty is built like a brick house and, while approachable in youth, is easily a 50-year wine. I therefore urge readers to wait at least 5-7 years before opening to allow for the myriad of subtle nuances to emerge and offer that "WOW" experience that will reward patience.
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2070
Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Review Date: 30th September 2019
99 Jeb DunnuckThe 2016 Vecina got a few expletives in my notes, and it’s one of the more powerful, structured, inward wines in the lineup. From a site on the western side of the appellation (not far from Harlan Estate), its deep purple color is followed by stunning notes of crushed rocks, violets, chocolate, graphite, and cold steel. It’s an incredible, insanely good Cabernet that’s going to benefit from a decade of bottle age and keep for 30 years or more.
Drinking Window: 2030 - 2060
Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 31st January 2020
99 James SucklingBlackberry, black-truffle, sliced-mushroom and dried-beef aromas. Full-bodied, broad shouldered and amazingly structured and layered. Dense, extremely long and intense. It’s seamless and goes on for minutes. Great wine. Give it time to give you even more. Better after 2022.
Reviewer Name: James Suckling
Review Date: 3rd May 2019
97 VinousThe 2016 Vecina is the most tannic and brooding of the wines, as it so often is. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of black cherry, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and menthol. I would cellar the 2016 for at least few years to shed some of its youthful bombastic intensity. There is certainly no shortage of character or complexity. As always, Vecina emerges from choice parcels within Vine Hill Ranch.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2031
Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni
Review Date: 1st January 2020
- Producer
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Since its creation in 1997, Bond estate's wines have come to compete with Harlan Estate and Screaming Eagle at Napa’s very top table of cult-following, micro-production wines. Having made his name with the eponymous Oakville estate Harlan Estate, in 1997 Bill Harlan started assembling a team of top wine-growers and wine-makers to embark on a new venture. This was nothing less than an audacious attempt to create new ‘Grand Cru’ Bordeaux blend wines from the best parcels across Napa Valley. Bond is a terroir-driven project. Harlan has selected only 5 parcels (out of the more than 80 vineyards they have worked with over twenty five years) because they vividly demonstrate the range of Napa Valley's finest terroirs. The 5 tiny hillside estates (ranging from 7 to 11 hectares) are therefore all quite different.
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