Curvature Red, Napa Valley, USA 2021 Bodegues Sumarroca licorice and spice

licorice and spice

Planted for the first time on the estate in the 1990s

Better in two or three years but can age for a long time

As with all these 2018s

exotic spice and crushed mint alongside elegant fine-grained tannins

Curvature Red, Napa Valley, USA 2021 Bodegues Sumarroca licorice and spiceA blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 14% Sangiovese, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Malbec from Stagecoach, Sage Hill, and Wappo, this wine exudes beautiful and varied fruit notes red and black cherry, cassis with a really juicy character balanced by fresh acidity and complexity dried culinary herbs, dark chocolate, cedar, cinnamon, pencil shavings, wet stones.