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Jeb Dunnuck
James Suckling
WTSO Member Rating: 93 Points
By Miner Family Winery
2016 The Oracle Napa Valley Red Wine
Vintage Details
The near-perfect 2016 Napa Valley growing season started early, saw ideal weather conditions throughout, and wrapped up as the valley's first significant fall rainstorm arrived in mid-October. Thanks to a relatively steady, mild July and August, followed by a series of warm days at the end of the growing season, vineyards could progress to perfect ripeness. Our winemaking team was grateful for yet another stellar vintage.
Source Details
Appellation: 100% Napa Valley
Vineyards: Stagecoach, Rutherford, Chiles Valley, Yountville, and Oakville Vineyards
Harvest: September 22nd-October 11th, 2016; picked at 24.6-28.5 degrees Brix
Production
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot
Aging: 22 months in 60% new French oak
Alcohol: 14.30%
pH: 3.48
TA: 0.67
Bottled: August 2018
Release Date: Summer 2020
Tasting Notes
Our flagship wine, a full-bodied red blend, grants a nod toward elegance. This Bordeaux-style blend is silky, reserved, and supremely balanced. Lush aromatics of raspberry and dark cherry with a hint of eucalyptus, The Oracle is decadent but with finesse. Earthiness and layers of dried flowers and cocoa integrate harmoniously into a finely balanced marriage between tannins and acid, providing the structure that ensures, like all impeccable beauties, this wine is sure to age gracefully.
[Information provided by Matador Vino]
Region:
North Coast
Vintage:
2016
Grape:
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot
Country:
United States
Unit Size:
750.00 ML
Alcohol Percentage:
14.30
Appellation:
Napa Valley
Wine: 2016 Miner Family Vineyards The Oracle
Score/Rating: 94+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2018 - 2036
Review Date: 12/13/2018
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: The 2016 The Oracle has a deep garnet-black color and perfumed nose of roses and lilacs with kirsch, tea, earth, cassis and black cherries scents. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh and juicy with a firm frame of grainy tannins, finishing long and minerally.
Wine: 2016 Miner Family Winery Red Blend The Oracle
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2019 - 2039
Review Date: 01/31/2019
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: The flagship 2016 Red Blend The Oracle is a blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 17% Merlot, and the balance Malbec and Petit Verdot. It's slightly deeper colored than the Oakville Cabernet and gives up plenty of red and black fruits, spicy oak, tobacco, and graphite. A big step up on the richness scale, it still has beautiful purity and elegance as well as fine tannins, terrific balance, and a great finish. Drink it any time over the coming two decades.
Wine: Miner Napa Valley The Oracle 2016
Score/Rating: 90
Review Date: 10/15/2018
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: A very ripe red with dried-berry and raisin character. Full body, round and chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. A little overdone, but still outstanding quality in a typical Napa way. [...]
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