Di Costanzo DI CO Cabernet 22 750ml - Princeton Corkscrew Wine Shop
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Di Costanzo DI CO Cabernet 22 750ml

Di Costanzo DI CO Cabernet 22

SKU: 012413

750ml
$89.00
$89.00

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Born in Berkeley, California, Massimo Di Costanzo is a proud Napa Valley winemaker with a global point of view and is one of the leading figures in a youth movement that is making wines that harken back to the traditional winemaking days of Napa.. Massimo found winemaking while at UC Davis and knew he had found his calling. After graduating with a degree in Viticulture and Enology, Massimo combined stints making wine in Tuscany, Mendoza, Stellenbosch, with longer tenures honing his craft at esteemed Napa wineries: Ovid, Screaming Eagle, and Philippe Melka Consulting. By 2009, he knew that to make the kind of expressive, balanced wines he loved, he would need to start his own project. A friendship with the Farella Vineyard turned into a fruitful partnership, and in 2010 he launched the debut vintage, Di Costanzo Farella Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. His Di Costanzo project is the work of only two people – Massimo and his wife, Erin – who aim to marry old school spirit and elegance with a fresh, energetic and nimble flavor profile. Massimo lives in Saint Helena, California with his wife, Erin, and son, Luciano.

Di Costanzo’s Di Co Cab is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Rafael Vineyard in the Oak Knoll District of Napa. Deep purple in the glass with soaring aromas of cassis, ripe blackberry, violets, pencil shavings, leather and spice: a classic, complex Cabernet bouquet with an unmistakable Napa footprint. The palate is full-bodied but charged with a chiseled acidity and fresh fruit flavors all of which are framed by firm, mouth-coating tannins. Restrained, elegant and transparent, this is old-school Napa Cab, proudly showing its terroir, stripped of all the bells and whistles that obscure vineyard and fruit quality. An amazingly complex wine that drinks beautifully now – I recommend decanting for about an hour – though the 2021 Di Co has the structure and concentration to age gracefully for 10+ years. You cannot find a Napa Cab that delivers this much wine at such an amazing value! Approximately 300 cases produced.

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