"Based on 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Fortuna Vineyard and aged 19 months in 45% new French oak, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Prado offers beautiful blue fruits, candied violets, graphite, and some chocolaty, spicy wood nuances. It's full-bodied and has a pure, graceful mouthfeel, polished tannins and a greath finish. Drink this terrific 2023 over the coming 20 years. 245 cases produced. Drink 2-25-2045."
96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
The grapes for this wine were hand selected in the vineyard when they were harvested from a singular block October 19 and 26 and then hand sorted twice in the winery to make sure only the best reached the fermentation tank. Once in the tank, the grapes sat cold a few days developing color, flavor and aroma before starting to ferment. The tank was gently punched down and pumped over for 17 days to extract all the color, aroma and flavor from the grapes carefully, then the juice was drained and skins pressed before being filled into barrels. The wine finished a native malolactic fermentation in the barrels in about two months and was aged for 19 months in small French oak barrels (45% new) and bottled in June 2025
Starting out with deep dark tones rising from the glass, the 2023 PRADO has bright floral high tone black currant and mulberry fruit, violets, sandalwood and graphite with a tinge of iron red earth. Juicy black cherry compote turns to blackberry on the palate, with the wine showing power wrapped in elegance, and a seamless long finish that glides on unfurling layers of complexity over a pleasant acid backbone.
