Nestled just north of St. Helena, Sodhani Vineyards is a small, family run operation that is set on a 11 acre property which was purchased in 2013. Proprietors Arvind and Beverly Sodhani make a small amount of wine, utilizing the talents of Thomas Rivers Brown. Arvind has been interested in wine since his days studying in London. Over time be became a wine collector and even made his own wine from the famed ‘To Kalon Vineyard’ for several years at a custom crush facility before pulling the trigger on some hallowed land in St. Helena.
This hillside property was first planted back in 2000 and has some prestigious neighbors in Vineyard 29 as well as a Colgin owned vineyard next door. The wine that I tasted was their 2016 ‘Reserve’ which is a barrel selection of their finest lots. I adored the 2016 Sodhani ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon (OB, 96) which is dense and complex, showing insanely good flavor range at even the five year mark. This beautiful wine will cellar well for decades to come. Learn more about this outstanding winery at sodhanivineyards.com and here is my review of the 2016 Sodhani ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon.
2016 Sodhani ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon- The utterly fabulous 2016 ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon by Sodhani is a crazy good new wine by Thomas Rivers Brown. Aged for 20 months in new French oak, this takes on dark currant aromatics woven together with tobacco leaf, blackberry compote and mocha tones that all meld in the glass. The palate is plush, seamless and sinfully good. Rich dark fruits collide with creosote, leather, blueberry cordial and Turkish coffee. Highly complex, delicious and gratifying with its combination of verve and viscosity, this sensational new bottling will provide drinking enjoyment for another twenty years or more. But why wait? Drink 2021-2041- 96