The aromas of ripe currants and fresh flowers just pop out here. Black cherries and blackberries, too, as well as lavender and currant bush. Full-bodied with a solid core of fruit and intense tannins, yet it remains energetic and precise. Layered texture. Great finish. This is a very typical, top 2018. From organically grown grapes. Try after 2025.

Next up, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville is a slightly broader, more expansive wine with textbook notes of crème de cassis, tobacco leaf, Asian spices, loamy soil, camphor, and chocolate. Offering full-bodied richness, a beautiful weightlessness on the palate, and building tannins, this is another gorgeous, seamless, singular wine from this estate that will benefit from short-term cellaring and evolve for 20-25 years or more.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville captures the essence of the year in its fresh, vibrant personality. Sweet red cherry jam, mocha, spice and rose petal all grace this mid-weight, refined Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2018 is a terrific example of how much the style here has shifted towards an approach that favors freshness. - By Antonio Galloni on September 2020

This has an immense core of cassis, warmed plum sauce and melted black licorice notes supported by dense, earth- and cocoa-accented structure that has a decidedly grippy feel, but with more than enough energy to keep this moving along. Flickers of anise, violet and sassafras filter through on the finish, adding range and boding well for cellaring. Best from 2023 through 2038. 350 cases made. — JM