Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Continuum |
Vintage | 2012 |
Country | United States |
Region | Napa Valley |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
The success of Continuum, a wine from Pritchard Hill made by Tim Mondavi and his sister Marcia, continues unabated. This is a beautiful vintage for Continuum, with a dense bluish/purple color and a beautiful nose of blueberries, violets, a touch of licorice, truffle and background oak. This full-bodied wine displays beautifully sweet and well-integrated tannin as well as loads of forest floor and spice box. A complex, Bordeaux-styled wine, it is approachable and dramatic, even ostentatious, as many 2012s tend to be, so there?s no harm in drinking it now or cellaring it for another 20+ years.
There's clarity and vivacity to this wine with dark fruits, dark chocolate and a mineral undertone. Full body, firm tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Powerful and long yet balanced and bright.?
Rene Gabriel rates this wine 20/20 points.