2022 Elizabeth Spencer Cabernet Sauvignon, Special Select Cuvee, Mendocino, California

Beautiful aromas of black cherry, dried blackberry, chocolate, caramel, and hints of licorice. The palate is bold and enticing, with delightful flavors of ripe black fruits, vanilla bean, and baking spice. The mouthfeel displays silky tannins, favorable acidity, and a long lingering finish.

This wine is made from carefully selected Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grown in prestigious, organically farmed vineyards across Mendocino county. Select lots were blended to developed complexity before being aged in primarily American oak barrels, imparting a light oak characteristic.

Heidi Peterson Barrett, renowned Napa Valley Winemaker, has joined Elizabeth Spencer as Consulting Winemaker, beginning with the 2022 vintage. She will be working closely with Winemaker Sarah Vandendriessche, who joined Elizabeth Spencer in 2010 as Winemaker.

Elizabeth Spencer is built on the importance of strong relationships–starting with our proprietor’s own dynamic personal and professional bond and extending outward to our important network of growers, our talented team of employees, and, ultimately to our customers. Elizabeth Spencer is the realization of a dream by husband and wife team of Spencer Graham and Elizabeth Pressler. Their debut wine was 1998 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and we have made that wine every year since. Working with prestigious vineyard growers, we have farmed and produced a multitude of wines from every AVA in Napa Valley. Spencer’s undying curiosity for all things viticultural led him outward and beyond the Napa Valley and into the excellent neighboring regions. 

With a small handful of outstanding and experienced growers in Sonoma and Mendocino, they now provide inspired fruit for a clutch of vividly fresh and endearingly delicious wines. The historic, 1872 brick Post Office building serves as their tasting room preserving this piece of Napa Valley history.