Here is a classic Napa Valley salute to Bordeaux to lay down in your cellar for a while. With 82% of its fruit coming from the famed To Kalon Vineyard, you expect the ultimate in quality and Napa style, and they shine through in this bottle. There’s great structure here, with racy acidity and firm grip carrying bright black cherry, leaf, dry earth and pie spice in a correctly dry wine that needs some time to come around. It will be worth the wait.
Robert Mondavi, Oakville (Napa Valley, California) 2013
By Rich Cook