The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 10% Cabernet Franc, has opened significantly since I tasted it in March of 2022. Deep ruby in color, its aromatics have become more layered, with ringing tones of violet complementing blueberry, black cherry and redcurrants, plus sparks of aniseed, prosciutto and desert herbs. The palate is plush and supple, offering alluring spicy accents and generous, yet never onerous, fruit. Refreshing bursts of acidity call you back to the glass, and it finishes with fantastic length. It blossoms considerably as it spends time in the glass, alluding to continued evolution in bottle.
98+ points, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate (Dec 2022)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc) is also brilliant, with a medium to full-bodied, vibrant, focused, elegant profile revealing pure cassis fruit, some background oak, and silky tannins that emerge on the finish. Aged 23 months in 50% new barrels, everything is in the right place, it’s balanced, and can be drunk any time over the coming 15+ years.
96 points, Jeb Dunnuck (Sep 2022)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich, exotic and full of character. Super-ripe dark fruit, chocolate, new leather, incense and mocha all race across the palate. A wine of gorgeous inner sweetness and perfume, the Cabernet shows a riper side of the year - because of the prevalence of well-exposed hillside parcels - but in the more vibrant style favored by the estate today. The 2019 is a total knock-out.
96 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Sep 2023)
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