2013-2014 Turnbull "Black Label" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical

“The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label flirts with perfection, with gorgeous graphite, blueberry and blackberry fruit and a full-bodied mouthfeel. The wine is light on its feet for such massive extraction. With not a hard edge to be found, this is truly brilliant winemaking from a great terroir. This is long, rich powerful and certainly seems to have 30 years of upside. Forget it for five years and drink it over the following 30+ years. (RP)” (12/2015)

“Black licorice, blueberry and tar aromas. Full body plus soft and velvety tannins that are polished and delicious. Persistent and beautiful.” (01/2016)

“The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label exhibits lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, blueberry and blackcurrant fruit, a medium to full body and elegance allied to serious power. This is a stylish, impeccably crafted wine that is broad, flavorful and impressive. (RP)” (12/2016)

“The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label emerges mostly from blocks within the family's Oakville vineyards, plus a dollop of fruit from Calistoga. Today, the 2014 is dense, super-ripe and explosive, yet I also get the sense it is holding quite a bit back. A host of black cherry, plum, violet, licorice and lavender notes build into the deeply resonant finish. (AG)” (12/2016)

“Turnbull's top-of-the-line Cabernet is a varietal tour de force of great depth and style. It leads with a lovely, layered nose of pure cassis-like fruit laced with notes of briar and loam and framed by sympathetic sweet oak, and its potent, wonderfully vital, long-lasting flavors build on what is an altogether gorgeous aromatic start. It is at once succulent and structured, and its fruity precision and polish are such that it is bound to tempt early drinking, but this is a serious, eminently ageworthy wine with a formidable future and will continue to evolve and show ever greater beauty for a decade and more. *Two Stars*” (12/2016)

“Taut, focused on a core of dark berry, currant and black licorice notes, with firm, integrated tannins and a lingering finish that echoes the flavors. (JL)” (03/2017)