Very dry and tannic, an austere young Cabernet that offering much relief now. You'll find a very rich, concentrated core of blackberries and minerals, brightened by a scour of fine, clean acidity. The odds are heavily in favor of this wine aging well for a decade.

(91+ points) Saturated bright ruby. Black raspberry and graphite on the perfumed nose. Sweet, lush and fruit-driven, if a bit less gripping and delineated than the reserve bottling. Showing its sweet oak today but this also boasts excellent inner-mouth perfume. Finishes with serious tannins and excellent persistence. Made from early-picked west-facing vines on Crystal Springs Road, at the base of Howell Mountain just outside the St. Helena AVA, this has a significantly lower pH than Luna's other 2006 cabernets. -- Stephen Tanzer