This is one for the cellar that is likely to continue positive development for another 5+ years, then enjoy a couple decades of perfect drinking. This wine is simply stunning, a perfect reflection of refined and focused power. There’s so much layered intensity and depth, but it's coiled and compacted into the wine’s muscular form. Notes of cassis, lavender, mulberry, briar patch, shaved cedar, cigar box, and graphite. Very fine but multitudinous tannins promise a long life along with the wine’s bright, fresh acidity that makes the aromatics sing. You get the feeling that this wine isn't quite ready to show all its cards quite yet but has the potential to be a perfect wine that can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the best in Napa and beyond.

Coming from one of Napa's best vineyards and with enough age to make a wine this huge begin to be approachable, this is a beast of a wine. Inky purple in the glass, the depth of the color is a little imposing and a promise of what's to come. The aroma is powerful and rich, almost heady, with layers of oaken spice and dense blackberry jam. There's huge black currant notes and more stewed bramble fruit towards the back of the nose finishing with fresh cut tobacco, nothing too overwhelming or out of balance. The palate is luxurious, with a silky and smooth mouthfeel that abruptly changes once the tannin comes in, still quite grippy but nothing that you can't instantly solve with a nice rich steak and a fat potato. There's just tons of dark and rich fruit, black cherries, blackberry compote, This is an incredibly impressive and powerful wine that absolutely wants to be decanted for a couple hours ahead of time, but will give you so much with each and every sip.