Majuscule, Mount Veeder, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

 This is a big wine with a rustic backbone that works to its benefit.  The chalky tannins give the blackberry and blueberry fruit a nice place to sit, and they keep that fruit dancing with pie spice and a dash of pepper through a long finish where some sweet heat holds the fruit flavor.  It’s well suited to medium strength cheese.  I raised the score a couple of points after tasting the wine from a decanter that I had inadvertently left out for four days uncovered, finding the wine none the worse for air, which translates into long age-ability.