Mending Wall Cabernet Sauvignon Tournahu Vineyard St. Helena Napa Valley 2021

A pretty, forward, surprisingly accessible wine in the vintage, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Tournahu Vineyard has a lovely perfume of red, blue, and black fruits as well as some chocolaty background oak and tobacco. It's balanced, has medium to full-bodied richness, brings plenty of concentration, and stays light and graceful. Drink this beauty over the coming 15 years.

The Tournahu Vineyard was planted in the early 2000s to Cabernet Clone 7. This red wine leads with perfumed red florals, red berry fruit, black cherry, and bouquet garni. In the mouth, it's a plush Cabernet that's medium to full-bodied, with saline-scented black and red berry fruit, nuanced by a finish of toffee, caramel spices, and toasty oak.

All clone 7 from 30-year-old vines, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Tournahu Vineyard offers up complex aromas of black cherries, licorice, crushed stone and mocha. It's full-bodied, creamy and plush, with hints of cola-like spice on the slightly warm finish. It's the most forward and approachable of the Mending Wall wines, without the tannic structure and cellaring potential of either the Godward Vineyard or Oakville Ranch bottlings, but that doesn't mean it won't make for delicious drinking over the next decade.