Turnbull, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

I love it when I get a recommendation to visit a winery that I’ve heard of, but have somehow missed in my travels, that fully lives up to its billing.  What I found in this wine is a Napa Valley classic that’s just beginning to show itself in the glass.  Winemaker Peter Heitz learned his craft under the tutelage of Ed Sbragia, and the two names certainly belong side by side on the list of Napa’s greats.  Here we have amazing depth of aroma and flavor that promises to increase with extended bottle aging – if you can keep your mitts off of it.  It is all here — blackberry, cassis, cedary spice, dried herbs, dusty minerality, structured tannins that are supple in feel, and a long finish that blossoms long after the liquid is gone.  A grand slam home run.