#5 on 2010 Top 100; A profound effort offering wonderful purity of flavor with tiers of anise and black licorice generous yet structured and elegant. This shows both power and finesse ending with a wonderful burst of dark berry fruit. Best from 2012 through 2024. 3000 cases made. -JL

Probably the best Cabernet Sauvignon I have ever tasted from Altamura the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is aged 30 months in 70% new oak from the same high-elevation vineyard as the Sangiovese. Notes of espresso roast graphite black currants sweet black cherries and earthy loamy terroir are all present in this dense purple full-bodied exuberant concentrated and expressive Cabernet Sauvignon. It can be drunk now or cellared for two decades.