Pure perfection in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a massive wine that brings incredible intensity and depth while staying pure, precise, and elegant, which isn’t an easy feat. Black fruits, camphor, iron, and scorched earth define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a concentrated, powerful mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a gorgeous finish. This is pure gold. Drink bottles any time over the coming two decades.

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Estate Oakville is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot aged in 100% new French oak. This is perfection and an absolutely amazing effort. The wine is dense purple with sweet tannin, oodles of blueberry and blackberry fruit caressed by toasty new oak, and a full-bodied multi-dimensional mouthfeel -- akin to a skyscraper in the mouth, but without any heaviness. The finish goes on for a good 45+ seconds, and the wine is super-pure and majestic. Truly a tour de force in Cabernet Sauvignon. Kudos to Plumpjack. Drink 2018-2040.

A wine of considerable size and proportion, this is very dense, rich and focused, with an intense beam of lively, gravel-laced currant, blackberry, anise, sage and cedar flavors. Though the size of the wine merits cellar time, there's a beauty within. Best from 2020 through 2033. 700 cases made. –JL