A blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and 22% Malbec, Babich's 2015 The Patriarch offers a full-on nose of chocolate and cedar oak, then backs that with dark cassis and plum fruit, ample weight and richness and a long, velvety finish. More powerful and extracted than the 2015 Irongate blend, it's also less floral and pretty, but it should prove capable of aging through at least 2030.