2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Buccella's 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is an outrageously beautiful wine. It is also going to need a least a few years to shed some of its considerable baby fat. Inky, flamboyant and super-concentrated, the 2015 almost tastes like a barrel sample, so primary is its fruit! Silky tannins and plush textures only add to the wine's considerable appeal. I am very intrigued to see how the 2015 ages, although I doubt most readers will have the patience to find out. This sumptuous, racy Cabernet has so much to offer.

Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon gives up bags of earth-inspired scents—mossy bark, tilled soil truffles and underbrush—with a crème de cassis and baked plum nose plus touches of cigar box and Chinese five spice. Full-bodied, concentrated and exuding tons of baked berries and exotic spice layers, it has a chewy texture and slightly warm finish.