The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is a gorgeous, elegant wine that is just starting to drink well. Black cherry, licorice, lavender, spice, menthol and coffee fill out the layers. Plush contours wrap it all together in style. This offers lovely textural density to play off the estate's more classically leaning sense of structure. Today, my impression is that some of the baby fruit has started to melt away. At the same time, the 2015 is a bit of a mystery, as is one of the most shut-down, reticent 2015s I tasted for this report. -- Antonio Galloni

This is a self-assured wine, with a core of cassis, plum coulis and black cherry puree at the core, still harnessed for now by its chiseled, slightly chalky grip and taut, finely beaded acidity. Sweet bay, iris, violet and juniper notes dart around, and there’s a flash of red tea as well, all of which should meld together steadily over the coming years. -- Blind 2015 California Cabernet retrospective (July 2025). Best from 2028 through 2045. - JM