The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley contains a 1% splash of Petit Verdot and was aged for 18 months in new French (74%) and American (20%) oak. It has a deep garnet-purple color and delivers warm blackcurrant, blackberries and fresh blueberries scents with hints unsmoked cigars, cedar chest and dried mint plus a waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied and firmly framed with grainy tannins and great vivacity, it finishes long and perfumed.

Meaty and smoky in barbecue char, this wine has a big grip of tension and a robust amount of red jammy fruit. The oak takes on a sweetness of tobacco and vanilla.

A bit too heavily weighted with cedary oak for now, and maybe for a long time, as the dark berry fruit struggles for recognition. Best from 2020 through 2032.