Sporting a darker purple hue, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Shifflett Ranch offers up blackcurrants, plums, scorched earth, graphite, violets, and sappy tobacco. It's full-bodied with a layered, pure, seamless mouthfeel, incredible mid-palate depth, and ripe, polished tannins. This is a pure gem of a wine in the vintage (as well as the finest vintage of this cuvée to date), and readers should snatch it up. It will drink beautifully over the coming 20+ years.