Oh boy does this one have a nose. This is why it's really good to let the bottle age till it's ready, even if delicious young. This one has an incredibly complex nose of spicy vanilla, licorice, blackberry, maybe boysenberry or huckleberry. On the palate it's still actually pretty young (i'm afraid it's my last of 2 bottles, very sadly) withjust about a perfect balance of acid tannin and fruit and therefore a very long fruity finish, maybe a touch of sour cherry involved in the finish impression. There's an herbal quality that's pleasant not overwhelming. The finish must last 2 minutes! This one is easily a 95. I don't get to drink many wines that are better than this. I'd say it's not peaked yet, maybe 2012-2018 will be prime years. See earlier posting (which i didn't read).
I see it's 70% cab sauvignon and 30% cab franc which accounts for the nicely herbaceous quality. And there's no merlot which is why I didn't taste merlot (as noted in the prior post which I did just read after writing the first graf above. In teh earlier post i said it was restrained on nose, on first opening, then opened up after a few days. now, perhaps because it's better rested, perhaps because it's a couple months older (though that seems unlikely) it's open and lovely.
On second night, after having put wine in Preservino, the wine was still good but the vegetal quality is now stronger and the wine less complex and elegant. I should have drunk more last night!
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