1985 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
BY ANTONIO GALLONI |
This extraordinary bottle of Randy Dunn’s 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain brought back so many memories. Over the years, one of the ways I have learned about wine is doing a full-immersion of sorts with certain benchmark producers where I focus on a single estate for a few months or years, really trying to understand the essence of each property. I did that in the early days of Piedmont Report with the wines of Bruno Giacosa, Giacomo Conterno, Cappellano, Altare and others, where I focused intensely on those producers for a period of time. In California, I have gone through similar periods with Diamond Creek, Mayacamas, Harlan, Colgin, Dalla Valle and others. After that, a period of many months to years might go by before I taste an older wine from one of those producers.
This extraordinary bottle of Randy Dunn’s 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain brought back so many memories. Over the years, one of the ways I have learned about wine is doing a full-immersion of sorts with certain benchmark producers where I focus on a single estate for a few months or years, really trying to understand the essence of each property.
