Duckhorn’s flagship Bordeaux styled blend features its highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in its history. The 2010 vintage wowed them with the quality of the Cabernet grapes, and their vineyards that ride above the fog line play an integral role in this wine from a cool vintage. Blackberry, pencil shavings, fennel, vanilla, violets, faint dried herbs – it’s all here in a silky soft package that adds notes of spice and dill on the palate, with a long, rich finish that is still not yet fully integrated. I’d stash some of this away for the long haul as it will gain in elegance over the next 10 years. Love it!
Duckhorn Vineyards, Napa Valley (California) 2010
By Rich Cook