The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon which comes from multiple fruit sources in Rutherford Oakville Yountville Coombsville Oak Knoll and Carneros was aged in 100% new French oak. A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot it exhibits an opaque purple color great intensity and a sweet nose of blue and black fruits intermixed with toasty oak lead pencil shavings and forest floor. Rich layered and full-bodied with silky tannins this broad savory 2008 should drink well for 15 or more years.

Remarkable for its complex aromas of roasted coffee dried herb dark berry mocha and sage yet for all its size this is quite graceful and elegant even delicate with a long tapered finish where the flavors glide along smoothy. Drink now through 2021. 1185 cases made.