Faust Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 | Layered & Beautiful
Winery | The Faust Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 presents intense yet fresh with juicy blue and black notes. Dark chocolate mixed with dried herbs seduces the palate, while silky tannins and lifting acidity lead to a layered and lingering finish.
Like his New York street artist namesake, this soulful bad boy is an eclectic and complex blend of all the Napa cool-kid sites. Coombsville, Rutherford, Atlas Peak, Mount Veeder, and Howell Mountain, create a Cabernet masterpiece with dark chocolate weight and bramble berry intensity, an impressive find for any collector.
94JS | “Very attractive aromas of blackcurrants, black olives, and dark leather with some cedar. It’s full-bodied with firm, silky tannins, and a refined, polished finish. Shows finesse and focus. Grows on the palate. Really delicious now, but will improve with age.”
Faust & Goethe
Faust, the wine, celebrates a legend. While inspiring many great minds, among them the German poet Goethe. And from whose masterpiece we draw our inspiration. So, in Goethe’s most famous work, the aging scholar Faust barters his soul in the afterlife in exchange for another chance at youth. So he gets his chance, yet ultimately his soul is saved by love.
Faust Wines, Huneeus & Quintess
So, Faust is the epitome of the style that has made Napa Cabernet Sauvignon world-renowned. Most of all, bold and powerful, yet elegant and concentrated. First, selecting top Cabernet Sauvignon lots from vineyards Agustin Huneeus owns in Rutherford. Notably, a Napa Valley appellation synonymous with the best of Napa Valley Cabernet. As well as the up and coming, soon to be named Tulocay viticultural area south of Atlas Peak.
Explore today’s finds at Bounty Hunter
While carefully tending to both vineyards producing low yields and great concentration. The grapes are double sorted and crushed at Quintessa. Of course, one of Napa Valley’s most technologically sophisticated wineries. While featuring gravity-flow design, oak fermentation, and naturally cooled caves.
