Nose

Seavey’s 2016 Caravina is a deep and rich wine with beautiful aromas, nuance and depth. It opens with a truly decadent nose of espresso-infused chocolate, fresh cigars, dark fruits, and cured meats.

Palate

On the palate, the wine’s savory essence melds with a luscious baked fruit compote laced with pomegranate, supported by bold, rustic tannins. This full-bodied yet refined wine is reminiscent of the epic 2013 Caravina but with softer curves.

Growing Conditions

Seavey’s 18th vintage of our Caravina Cabernet, comes entirely from grapes grown on the steep hillside blocks of our estate which we have now been farming for 40 years. The 2016 growing season was marked by ideal weather. It started off warm but July and August were mild, resulting in a long growing season with lots of hang-time allowing the grapes to progress to perfect ripeness.

Bottling

June 2018

Winemaking

Seavey separately harvests, vinifies and ages each vineyard block of our grapes. Our winemaking follows classic Bordeaux methods with whole-berry fermentation. In the cool of the early morning harvest, grapes from our 2016 harvest were promptly de-stemmed and the uncrushed berries were gently transferred into fermentation tanks. In order to carefully manage the tannins and resulting wine texture, the grapes were neither crushed nor run through a pump. Undergoing whole-berry fermentation.

Aging

The wine was aged in French oak barrels (43% new) for 20 months before bottling.