Long one of America’s brightest lights in red wine, St. Jean Cinq Cepages is a national treasurer so consistently excellent that we almost take its captivating qualities for granted. This Bordeaux-style red blend is unique, too, in that the winery holds it back to give it more time to come together and evolve prior to release. The 2010 is on deck now and it is a brilliant vintage for this iconic producer, showing ripe cassis and blackberry fruit, a touch of oak vanillin, and smooth, supple tannins. The result is another stunning Cinq Cepages for this great winery in the Sonoma Valley. Platinum award winner at the 2015 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition.
Chateau St. Jean, Sonoma County (California) 2010
By Robert Whitley