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2023 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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Our newest release, Big Smooth Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, serves up Big, bold fruit flavors and a hearty mid-palate underscored by ultra-smooth tannins. The idea for Big Smooth was conceived of by Donny Sebastiani, fourth-generation member of the Italian emigrant Sebastiani family with over 120 years of winemaking heritage. He helped craft Big Smooth wines that stand up to their name: Big, fruit-forward, and mouth-filling wines with a smooth-like-satin finish.

Region

The heart of Napa Valley is best known for it’s prominent Cabernet Sauvignon. Much of this wine is sourced from Calistoga, where temperatures are quite warmer than the rest of the Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon loves the warmth of the late afternoon to achieve optimal ripening and the grapes from this region benefit from long days and cool nights, resulting in an elegant, lush wine with complex layers of flavor.

Winemaker

Joe Uhr

Varietals

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Big Smooth Wines from Lodi

Big Smooth wines are sourced from premier vineyards in Lodi, California, nestled between the Sierra Foothills and the San Francisco Bay area, where rich, bold wines are known to thrive. Our approach to winemaking is to make a big, fruit-forward wine that finishes smooth and satisfying. Crafting Big Smooth wines involves walking a tightrope between developing a full-bodied wine with a satin finish. We allow our grapes to achieve high sugar levels so the tannins in the skin soften. We age our wines in a combination of American, French, and Hungarian oak that adds complexity and lends seductive vanilla and coconut notes. This fine balance between fruit and aging is how we truly achieve wines worthy of bottling for Big Smooth.

Region

Recognized by Wine Enthusiast in 2015 as Wine Region of the Year, Lodi boasts a Mediterranean climate of warm days and cool evening breezes from the Delta. This unique climate coupled with deep, loamy soil makes the Lodi wine region renowned for rich, concentrated wine and allows us to focus on only the most bold and structured fruit. The majority of the fruit for Big Smooth is grown in a small vineyard, by a family who has been cultivating Lodi grapevines for five generations. This long-standing history of excellence is something we appreciate and support.