Owner Brion Wise works with different winemakers to make his wines, and while Julien Fayard produced the 2019 Sleeping Lady Cabernet Sauvignon, Massimo Monticello was in charge of bring this one to bottle. How much difference in the wines is due to the terroir, and how much to the winemaker? This one has a good mixture of dark fruits – black raspberries and blackberries – with a warm, earthy undertone that emerges into almost a creamy fruitiness at the finish. It has well-integrated tannins and a straight-line, sinewy structure. I would guess the flavors are more terroir-related and the structure more winemaker-related. Both are delicious and beg comparisons.
Brion, Moon Mountain District – Sonoma County (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
By Roger Morris