Deep garnet in color with a hint of purple, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Unfiltered is scented of warm cassis, baked plums and black cherry preserves with wafts of menthol, bay leaves and spice box plus a hint of tobacco. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers a good amount of juicy, relatively uncomplicated fruit with a chewy texture and herbal lift on the finish.

A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Malbec and 2% Merlot, the deep garnet-purple 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Unfiltered has a yeasty/Marmite nose with rare beef over a core of crushed red currants and blackberries with mulberries, lavender and wild thyme. With red berries in the mouth, the medium-bodied palate is elegant and finely crafted with firm, grainy tannins, and there's an herbal lift to the finish.

A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot, Newton’s 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Unfiltered has a dense ruby/purple color, a beautiful nose of blackcurrants, licorice, camphor and incense. There’s some spice box and subtle background oak as well. It is medium to full-bodied, elegant, and like most of Newton’s wines, seems to represent a beautiful crossover between the elegance and finesse of a great Bordeaux and the ripeness, power and exuberance of a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink it over the next 20+ years.

Classic, somewhat traditional, old-style Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Unfiltered shows notes of blackcurrants, dusty/loamy soil notes, moderately high tannins, good spice and earth. Certainly it’s meant for aging, and there’s no shortage of alcohol (14.5%). The wines have enough to start life slowly and evolve beautifully, much like those of Philip Togni up the street on the top of Spring Mountain. Give this wine 5-10 years and drink it over the following 20-25.

The 2010 Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon (83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Syrah, 7% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec) possesses copious amounts of black currants, licorice and cedar in its full-bodied, well-delineated, spicy, distinctive style. Layered, rich and young, it should age nicely for 15-20 years. For more than two decades, this has been one of the benchmark, French-styled, full malolactic and unfiltered Chardonnays in Napa Valley. There have been many extraordinary vintages, some of which have aged far longer than anyone would have predicted. Tel. (707) 963-9000