
This Alexander Valley beauty opens with enticing notes of chocolate biscotti, blackberry, and a whisper of anise—basically, dessert called wine. Sip into layers of dark cherry, blueberry, and toasty oak that dance across your palate. Built on a foundation of 83.5% Cabernet Sauvignon with supporting players of Petite Sirah, Syrah, and other varietals, it's the ensemble cast that steals the show. Perfect for those who appreciate complexity with a wink.
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Aromas of currant, black cherry and tobacco dominate the nose of this Cabernet. The palate brings on opulently structured tannin, fleshy cherry-raspberry fruit, licorice, black pepper, clove and a long finish driven by cranberry acidity.

A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.