A seamless, balanced, classic Napa Cabernet with ample fruit weight balanced by a cooling freshness. Leads with red berry fruit laced with tobacco, cassis, cedar and sagebrush. A dusty tannin backbone with hints of chocolate and baking spices built to a toasty finish that grows bright with crushed purple florals. So inviting. Grape sources are William Hill in Napa, Stagecoach, Waters, Round Pond in Rutherford and Sun Lake in Pope Valley, along with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon from the iconic Monte Rosso vineyard in Sonoma. It is aged 16 months in 72% new French oak. (JC)