Dense, deep fruit. Balanced and exotic. Tannic and undeveloped. Good fruits, massive length. Impressive.

Despite significant youthful tannins this Cab has such deep, ripe flavor that you can drink it now. The mouthfeel is astringent and hard, in the way of a young wine, but waves of cherries, blackberries and currants flatter the tastebuds, and it also softens as it warms up in the glass. A beautiful, polished drink that should develop over the next eight years. ——S.H.(12/15/2008)—— 92