The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon showed beautifully. Based on 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot, it reveals a dense purple hue as well as a great nose of crème de cassis and blueberry-like fruits along with ample green tobacco, lead pencil, sandalwood, and chocolate. It shows more and more floral notes with time in the glass and is full-bodied, with a beautiful sense of elegance and purity, silky tannins, and a rock star of a finish. This is straight-up gorgeous juice that can be enjoyed today or any time over the coming two decades or more.

Lovely aromas of black cherry cordial surrounded by chocolate sauce and oak make for a juicy, yet smoky, entry to the nose of this bottling. There are a lot of tactile touch points on the chalky palate, where generous flavors of milk chocolate, cherry sorbet and toasted coconut are held together by a taut structure.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is impressive. It boasts tremendous concentration and sheer power. Super-ripe black cherry, mocha, chocolate, leather, licorice and cloves saturate the palate with striking depth and texture. Imposing tannins need time to soften.

Medium ruby-purple, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 5% Petit Verdot, is still tightly wound, requiring plenty of time for aromas of currants, mint chocolate, bell pepper, licorice and dried flowers to unfold. The medium-bodied palate is juicy and lifted, with an abundance of grainy tannins and a very long, savory finish.