Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue
Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail
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Crushed dark fruit with licorice and black olives on the nose. Full-bodied and very lush yet reserved and melted in the palate. Fine tannins. Spreads out across the palate in a subtle way.
...red, black and blue fruits with floral and earthy nuances plus pencil shavings and a meaty/savory undercurrent. The palate is full-bodied, firm, grainy and lively with loads of earth and mineral layers.
Inky, plush and voluptuous, with terrific energy backing up the fruit, the 2016 is positively stellar.
This beauty has a more perfumed, classic style that carries ample crème de cassis, graphite, violets, leafy herbs, tobacco, and some savory, herbal, forest floor notes. Medium to full-bodied, silky, pure, and elegant...
Savory, mint, roasted vanilla and mulled cassis notes roll through in this broad and ripe offering, with a loamy tug through the dark-fruited finish. A textbook Oakville Cabernet with a rock-solid combo of fruit and earth.
Very interesting mineral, almost stony, notes on the nose. Then on the palate there is something highly floral and aromatic – lavender? – and a bit of mint. Plus the sweetness of ripe Napa Valley fruit but not ridiculously overdone. Lots of pleasure here and with some refreshment and still some fine tannin in evidence.