The 2021 ‘Oakcross’ was named after Groth’s Oakville Estate that was first planted back in 1973. This edition has considerably less Cabernet Sauvignon than the 2020 bottling —as the 2021 is a silky combination of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 34% Merlot and the remainder Petit Verdot. Violets, tar and espresso grounds mark the nose alongside dense dark fruits. The palate is bright and beautifully textured, with fantastic verve and underlying tension and weight. Everything is in clockwork balance here. Enjoy this beautiful wine now and over the next fifteen years to come.

The 2021 Oakcross, a blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot, is deep garnet-purple in color. A little closed and broody to start, it soon opens out to notes of blackberry preserves, blackcurrant pastilles, and wild blueberries giving way to wafts of mint tea, charcoal, and lavender. The full-bodied palate delivers bright, vivacious black fruit flavors with minty accents and soft, rounded tannins, finishing with a savory lift.

A powerful and attractive Oakville Cabernet. Red and black-toned fruits are laced with brown spices, as chalky mineral aromatics build in the glass nuanced by chocolaty-tinged cedarwood. Full-bodied with juicy blueberry and blackberry fruit notes, robust tannins, and a lengthy finish marked by black currants, creme de menthe, and earth. (JC)