OADE Single Barrel Cabernet Sauvignon - Oakville
$125.00
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- Producer
- Aonair Winery
- Region
- Oakville, Napa Valley CA
- Vintage
- 2022
- Strength
- ABV 14.9%
Description
The Vineyard: Our Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a small block on the prestigious eastern bench of Napa Valley's Oakville AVA. This bench is celebrated for its elegant balance, vibrant fruit purity, and refined structure—often striking a harmonious middle ground between the power of mountain sites and the riper opulence of warmer valley-floor areas. The wine is shaped by well-drained alluvial and gravelly benchland soils (with some volcanic influences on the east side), moderate daytime warmth, and cooling fog/marine breezes.
The Vintage: 2022 in Oakville was generally hotter than normal. Including a week plus stretch of over 100 degrees. Grapes were picked earlier and all at once in a chaotic yet quality vintage of, riper and robust style wines. This resulted in richer, riper, opulent, dense, and concentrated reds with luxurious tannins, deep color, juicy exuberance, plush fruit, and approachable early appeal.
The Barrel: Aged in Darnajou barrels. These barrels are renowned for using premium French oak (primarily from central France's oldest forests like Allier, Nevers, or similar tight-grain sources), selected with exhaustive specifications for exceptional fineness, density of grain, sweetness, and aromatic/chromatic complexity. This results in barrels that subtly enhance a wine's intrinsic aromas without overpowering it, delivering elegant integration of delicate vanilla, spice, toast, cocoa, candied fruit, and savory notes.
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Deep black fruit—black currant, blackberry, black cherry, cassis, and plum—with hints of redder notes like cherry or raspberry. Savory layers of cedar, dried thyme, sage, graphite, crushed rock minerality, and tobacco.
- Palate
- Medium- to full-bodied density, velvety tannins (grippy but polished), bright acidity for freshness and lift, and excellent integration of oak that comes out with dominant notes of milk chocolate and malt balls.
- Finish
- Long, elegant finish with lingering fruit, minerality, and herbal nuance, great finesse and complexity that makes this wine beautiful to drink now but very age worthy.
The producer
Aonair Winery
Aonair is a family winery owned by Grant Long Jr. and Megan Long. The name is Gaelic for "individual," a nod to their shared Irish heritage and to the early years when Grant made the wines himself.
The first Aonair vintage was 2008. In 2015, Grant and Megan bought the estate at the base of Howell Mountain, in Conn Valley, St. Helena, and that property is now Aonair Winery and Caves, in the eastern hills of Napa Valley.
What does a vintage on the label mean?
It is the harvest year the eau-de-vie was distilled from. A bottle listed as vintage 1987 and 37 years old means it was harvested in 1987 and spent 37 years in barrel before it was transitioned into a demijohn or bottled.
How much does shipping cost?
Flat rate shipping is $19.99 for orders of one to six bottles and $12.99 for merchandise-only orders. Full terms are in the shipping policy.
How should I store my Armagnac bottles?
Keep bottles upright in a cool, dark place away from direct sunlight and heat. Sealed bottles should keep indefinitely as long as stored in the proper conditions. An opened bottle is at its best over the following year or two, and once the fill level goes below 1/2 it is best to finish within the coming months or transition liquid to a smaller bottle to avoid potential oxidation.
Where does OADE Armagnac come from?
OADE Armagnac curates individual casks of Armagnac directly from Gascony, FR. We work intimately with Producers and Negotiants throughout Bas Armagnac, Ténarèze, and Haut Armagnac to acquire each one.
Where can I find tasting notes about your products?
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Who created OADE Armagnac?
OADE Armagnac was founded by Dan Hakker. You can read more about our story here.
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