This particular bottle of BV Reserve Cabernet had a fairly crumbly cork, so perhaps it was not the best example of the wine still out there. The wine shows just a touch of maderization on the nose, but with air, freshens up nicely to offer scents of desiccated cherries and plums, a touch of Rutherford dust, cigar smoke, gentle spice tones and coconutty, American oak. On the palate the wine is still full-bodied, complex and nicely balanced, with melted tannins, good focus and grip, nice acids and a good, solid core.