This is quite simply terrific

palate coating and beautifully persistent finish

(35+ year old vines planted in much deeper soil interspersed with lots of gravel and aged in 33% new wood)

The main message here is elegance and this wine is profoundly eloquent on the subject

This is also brooding and reticent with an intensely earthy nose of both red and dark pinot fruit that is trimmed in hints of game

Bob Cabral Wines, Troubadour Pinot Noir Vintage:2016 This is quite simply terrificThe 2016 Pinot Noir Troubadour is powerful and spicy. "It was hard to restrain the wines in 2016," Bob Cabral recalls. "I want ripe tannins without too much alcohol. In those Goldridge soils, you have to meter out water during the warm summers. That has been the biggest challenge over the last few years." Medium ruby, it offers alluring scents of dark cherries, cranberries, pipe tobacco, mushrooms and forest floor with wafts of violet. The medium