Product Overview
Winery's Notes
"Novicium completes the definition of a great estate. A wine fully grown, produced, and bottled from our Sage Mountain Vineyard. It is a balanced, nuanced, and age-worthy wine that demonstrates our constant pursuit to study and improve the art of winegrowing.
Novicium is the second wine of this estate but it is also a vision into the future. It is the vehicle that has directly influenced the direction of our farming, and, over time, has enhanced the nuance of Continuum’s expression of this site. Since its inaugural vintage in 2010, Novicium has emerged as an esteemed expression of this powerful site in its own right.
2018 Novicium is a study in authentic Cabernet Sauvignon expression from our Sage Mountain Vineyard with dark concentrated fruit, a sinewy structure on the mid palate, and hints of pepper, tapenade, star anise and graphite. The promising once young blocks that were the foundation of Novicium are now maturing into their substance showcasing the vibrant nature of wines from this land and particularly of this vintage."
Varietal Composition: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc
Appellation: Napa Valley AVA (Pritchard Hill)
Vineyard: Sage Mountain Vineyard (estate)
93 Points - Wine Advocate
"The 2018 Novicium boasts expressive grace notes of sage and bay leaf atop deep bass layers of dark chocolate and mixed cherries. Medium to full-bodied, it's nicely velvety in texture, with ample length on the finish. It's not your ordinary "second wine," but it's not coming from an ordinary estate either." -JC, 6/8/23
