2017 Behrens Family Cabernet Sauvignon Head In The Clouds
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The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Head in the Clouds offers a big, sweet nose of blueberries, blackberries, leafy herbs, candied violets, and lead pencil. It's another ripe, medium to full-bodied, beautifully concentrated 2017 that does everything right. It's one of the most textured and forward in the lineup, and I love its mid-palate. Drink it any time over the coming 15-20 years as well.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2017 Head in the Clouds is one of the more overly ripe wines in this range. Inky purplish, black fruit, licorice, new leather, lavender and spice come together in this heady wine that is powerful, exotic and flamboyantly ripe but also quite tannic from the 16% Petit Verdot in the blend.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Head In The Clouds has a broody, slightly closed nose of tar, licorice and black tea with a core of baked blackcurrants, plum preserves and wild sage. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm and fine-grained with well-poised freshness and a soft-spoken intensity to the finish.