Cabana Wines, Oakville (Napa Valley, California) 2014

A serious wine with a long future ahead of it, this is blended from 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.  It is still very taut and primary, without much overt oak but a lot of bright blackberry fruit with excellent intensity and acidity.  Built on a foundation of fully ripe but very fresh fruit, this is a virtual sure-thing for at least five years of cellaring, as it has lots of fruit to uncoil without any excess wood or tannin that risks outrunning the fruit.  A Double Gold award winner at the 2017 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition.