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Cain Cuvée NV18

Cain Cuvée NV18

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Dark Cherry Toasted Oak Violet

Pour it with steak frites, or pasta with red sauce. The 2018 brings fullness and richness, the 2017 perfume, elegance, and freshness — big but light on its feet.

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THE STORY

About this wine

The 2017 and 2018 vintages share one bottle here — 41% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc in a non-vintage Napa Valley red blend. Full-bodied and oaked, dry at 13.7% alcohol, with a perfumed nose and freshness keeping it balanced.

Cain Cuvée NV18 is a non-vintage Napa Valley red blend of the 2017 and 2018 vintages. The 2018 vintage is dominant, contributing fullness, richness, and completeness, while the 2017 component contributes perfume, elegance, and freshness. Cain describes blending as a way to achieve aromatic complexity, palate balance, lightness, and freshness. The release was the last Cain Cuvée bottled before the 2020 Glass Fire.

Worth knowing

The non-vintage label is a choice, and the number is the tell: NV18 marks 2018, the blend's dominant and latest vintage, with 2017 alongside. That 2017 was mostly Merlot, picked before the Napa wildfires — and NV18 turned out to be the last Cuvée bottled before the 2020 Glass Fire.

Blend

  • Merlot 41%
  • Cabernet Sauvignon 34%
  • Cabernet Franc 25%

CHARACTERISTICS AND TASTING TIPS OF THE Cain Cuvée NV18

Tasting

Color: Red in the glass.
Nose: Perfume leads — complex, lifted aromatics with a freshness running underneath.
Palate: Full-bodied, rich, and deep, and still it moves light across the palate. The freshness does the balancing, and the palate comes away refreshed.

Pairs Beautifully With

A must try with Pasta with red sauce
A must try with Grilled chicken
A must try with Steak frites

Why We Picked It

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Vineyards in Napa Valley, California
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Country
United States
Region
Napa Valley, California
Color
Red
Grape Varieties
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Alcohol
13.7
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