2020 Denner Mother of Exiles
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Ripe black fruits, leafy herbs, chocolate, and chalky minerality, as well as some hints of lead pencil, emerge from Denner's 2020 Mother Of Exiles, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Petit Verdot, and the rest Tannat and a little Cabernet Franc. It's rich, full-bodied, has a round, layered, dense mouthfeel, and ripe tannins that are currently covered by plenty of sweet fruit. It offers pleasure today, yet I see no reason it shouldn't evolve for a solid decade or more.
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The 2020 Mother of Exiles is wickedly fresh. White pepper hints accentuate the spicy crushed raspberry and dried dusty rose aromas. This is elegance personified with lifting acidity and crisp red fruits that slowly saturate the palate. It offers a staining of primary concentration and cascading floral tones, along with grippy tannins that pinch at the cheeks. The 2020 is a beauty but needs cellaring to show its best.
The 2020 Mother Of Exiles is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Petit Verdot, 8% Tannat and 1% Cabernet Franc. Deep ruby-purple, it opens with tones of soy sauce and vanilla bean over a dense core of somewhat vague black and blue fruits and garrigue. The full-bodied palate is dense and blocky with chewy tannins and an oaky finish.