1995 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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Randy Dunn owns 20 acres of vines and leases another 6. About 85% of his cabernet comes from Howell Mountain (the original vineyard was planted in 1974), the rest from Caldwell Vineyard east of the town of Napa and Beckstoffer Vineyard on the valley floor near Caymus. There has been a convergence of styles between his Howell Mountain and Napa bottlings in recent years. As Dunn observes, "During the 1982-86 period, the Napa wine was mostly from valley fruit. But now it about 85% from Howell Mountain." Dunn recently pulled out the last of his zinfandel vines, after having made just one barrel of zin in '91, '93 and '95, and selling off the rest. "It's pointless for me to grow fruit and not make wine out of it," he explains. "Besides, there's no reason to grow zin up here. Cabernet is better, and prices for it are higher." Dunn normally carries out short, hot fermentations lasting no longer than eight days. From his observation of other Howell Mountain cabs, he feels that longer maceration would give his wines a tutti-frutti character and even more tannin.
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