Ingenue Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

$145.00

Ingénue, a Left Bank Bordeaux style Red Wine created from our California vineyards with a blend inspired by Château Mouton Rothschild.

A wine of power and elegance, celebrated for its opulence and finesse, offering layers of cassis, blackberry, cedar, and spice.

Sumptuous, long, harmonious and beautifully structured, this is a wine that marries intensity with refinement—destined to age gracefully for decades.

Ingénue, a California blend inspired by the wines of Château Mouton Rothschild.

  • Appearance: Deep garnet with a hint of ruby at the rim, showing both richness and elegance.

  • Nose: The nose is layered and expressive, featuring blackcurrant, blackberry and plum, intertwined with cedar and hints of pencil shavings. Subtle floral notes, tobacco and earthy undertones add complexity.

  • Palate: Full-bodied and structured, with dense, ripe black fruit framed by fine, polished tannins. Secondary notes of espresso, dark chocolate and mineral elements unfold seamlessly, with layers of spice and leather emerging as the wine opens.

  • Finish: Long, lingering, and precise, combining power and finesse with remarkable balance and depth.

  • Ageing Potential: 20+ years, developing layers of truffle, leather, tobacco, and cedar while retaining elegance and precision.

Decant for at least one hour and serve at 65°F

Our 2023 wine vintage is being hailed as exceptional, potentially one of the best in recent memory, due to a combination of a long, cool growing season and ideal weather conditions allowing grapes to ripen slowly in balanced conditions. This resulted in plush, concentrated flavors, deep color, freshness,and strong tannic structure—ideal for long-lived wines.

About the Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon – Drives the wine’s core: deep cassis, blackberry, graphite, pencil shavings, and our Napa signature cedar/tobacco character. It gives the structure, tannic backbone, and long aging potential. Note: Cassis is Blackcurrant - the classic black fruit signature of great Cabernet-based wines.

Merlot – Adds mid-palate richness and supple texture, softening Cabernet’s austerity with hints of ripe plum and dark cherry.

Cabernet Franc – Subtle lift: floral aromatics (violet, iris), spice, and a touch of leafy elegance.

Petit Verdot – Tiny proportion, but powerful: brings color depth, peppery spice, and a hint of violets/graphite.

Following fermentation, the wine was transferred into new French oak barrels where malolactic fermentation took place.

All of the barrels come from French cooperages with whom we have had an association for over twenty years. Selected from two French forests, the wood is air dried and coopered over a five-year production period and finished with a special “toasting” suited to the delicate characteristics of our wines.

Only 305 cases produced. Our vineyards are farmed to the code of sustainable agriculture using traditional techniques, based on strict control of yields, manual harvests and numerous quality specific tasks that are carried out by hand throughout the year.

Little or no chemical fertilizers are used. Selection and planting of cover crops and their return to the soil provides additional organic nutrients allowing our vines to reach an advanced age and produce outstanding grapes.
Color Red
Vintage 2023
Harvest Date 17th Sep 2023
Style Red Bordeaux
Appellation North Coast
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Date Bottled 4th Aug 2025
Drinkable 2026-2045
Alcohol 14.20%
Bottle Size 750ml

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