2015 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
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The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a huge, full-throttle wine. Inky dark fruit, graphite, and sweet oak are dialed up. Overall, the 2015 has aged well. The presence of high-impact barrels from coopers like Darnajou marks the wine to a significant degree. All things considered, the 2015 has aged impeccably. It will drink well for another decade.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is huge, dense and voluptuous in the glass. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather and licorice infuse this dramatic, full-bodied wine. In 2015, many of the lots were fermented in barrel, which adds to the wine's texture. Big, ample and explosive on the palate, with real character, the 2015 is also arrestingly beautiful. The 100% new oak is evident, but also well integrated for such a big wine.
Deeper, rich, and more concentrated, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec, and 5% Petit Verdot that spent 22 months in new French oak. There’s 700 cases of this terrific 2015 and it has awesome purity in its crème de cassis, blueberries, scorched earth, dark chocolate, and smoky aromas and flavors. Deep, full-bodied, beautifully textured and showing the concentration, richness and breadth of the vintage, it has the fruit to drink well today but will be even better in 3-4 years and keep for two decades.
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is inky purple-black colored and closed to begin, opening out to baked blackberries and preserved plums with hints of mocha, tar and chargrill plus a waft of wild thyme. Full, firm and a little hard in the mouth, it has a good core of muscular, savory fruit with just enough freshness and a long finish.