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Wine Description
The Story
This gently sloping site is relatively cool, and is protected from the intensity of the late afternoon heat during the height of the growing season. The gravelly loam soils provide excellent drainage and wonderful fruit purity. Helms Vineyard Cabernet displays the classic profile of the Rutherford Bench: dark fruit, richly layered with a touch of spice and earth. The finely grained “dusty” tannins so prevalent in the appellation are integrate...
Wine Information
Situated on the gravelly benchlands of Rutherford, the Helms Vineyard is Dana’s original single-vineyard site. Planted on well-draining, gravelly loam at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains, it routinely yields wines of supreme elegance, dusty mineral focus, and classical Cabernet architecture. In the historic 2021 vintage, Helms delivered a masterpiece of balance and precision.
The nose is cool, refined, and aromatically complex, opening w...
Vintage 2021
The California 2021 vintage will be remembered for low yields with intensely-flavored, small-sized berries and a smooth and uneventful harvest season. The season started off with very little rain, leading to the 2nd year of drought conditions in Napa Valley, Harvest began early with white wine grapes picked on July 30th and red wine grapes beginning on August 31. While concerning in the long term, the drought of 2021 resulted in a more natural...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2026 |
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| 715€ |
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