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Cimarossa 2007 Riva di Ponente Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $75
One for the cellar. It’s dry and locked down in hard tannins, the kind that sting your gums. Even so, they can’t quite mask the torrents of blackberry and currant fruit. It’s strong, intense and dazzling. Lay this young wine down until at least 2015.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Cimarossa 2007 Rive di Cimarossa Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- $60
Deliciously fruity and sweet in blackberries, cherries and raspberries, with a wonderful application of smoky oak. Really good now as an upscale Napa Cabernet, it should also develop for 6–8 years in the cellar.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Cimarossa 2007 Rian Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $75
Hard to appreciate now, its tannins are so numbing, they effectively lock down the wine. But there’s clearly a big, flashy core of blackberries, leading to a rich, chocolate-infused finish. An ager that shows classic Howell Mountain terroir. Better after 2014.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Cimarossa 2007 Riva di Levante Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)
- $75
Smells a little funky and leathery, with an exaggeratedly sweet taste to the blackberries and cherries. The end impression is of a wine that’s certainly ripe, but a little awkward, maybe even problematic. Seems best now.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
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