SITE SERIES
2016 AND 2019 APERTURE NOMAD 2-BOTTLE SET
Named for the traveling adventurer, Nomad embraces the unexpected. These wines are driven entirely by the vineyard, chosen by Winemaker Jesse Katz as the best representation of the vintage, and never repeated.
The 2016 Nomad is a merlot blend that demonstrates an authentic strength and deeply refined beauty.
2016 BLEND
93% Merlot
5% Cabernet Sauvignon
2% Cabernet Franc
The 2019 stands out as one of the greatest vintages in the last decade in California.
2019 BLEND
55% Merlot
33% Cabernet Franc
8% Cabernet Sauvignon
2% Petit Verdot
2% Malbec
“The 2016 Merlot Sugarloaf Vineyard is composed of 93% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. Opaque ruby in color, it has a mineral-driven nose, offering aromas of graphite and pencil shavings with violet, bitter coffee, dark chocolate, cured meats, black plum and blackberry liqueur with a classy frame of new oak spice. Medium to full-bodied, it’s lush, rounded and silky in the mouth with savory, ripe fruits finely knit by grainy tannins, finishing long and lifted.” – 95 points
Erin Brooks, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
“Only produced in 2014, 2016, and 2019, this may be the best wine I have tried from Aperture. A fully saturated (almost black) red, it’s layered and explosive in its aromas of fresh eucalyptus, black cherry pie, tobacco, leather, and fresh violets. Highly finessed and full-bodied, with a weightless feel and ripe tannins, it lends a haunting layered approach where it is hard to pin down and has a tremendous amount of life to it. This is going to be a fun wine to watch as it develops. Drink it over the next 2 or 3 decades.” – 100 points
Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck
