Do not open this bottle now without a long 8+ hours of decanting. This is tight as a drum. 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Bright purple in color. The nose has cedar and cassis. With air, blueberries, chocolate and spice emerge. On the palate, this has an almost seamless texture. Shut down completely at first though and showing no fruit. With air the cassis emerges along with a wall of tannins. It seems like all the pieces parts are there, but in a four hour tasting, it never really opened. Based on prior history with this winery and how it did show, its easy to predict that in ten years or even twenty this will be a stunner and close to 100 points. It retails for $230, so it better be. Right now, it is just very good.
