Collector alert… Wow. Wow! WOW! Here’s a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that needs no accompanying varieties to add any complexity to it. There’s amazing depth, structure and richness here, with blackberry, black cherry, plum, cherry, dusty earth, chocolate, dried herbs, faint oak toast, vanilla and soft spice all brought to bear over supple but firm tannins and an acid profile that tells me a long repose in a dark corner of the cellar will pay huge dividends long down the road. It’s due for release in September. Collectors — mark you calendars! In twenty years, that dollar a point price tag will seem like nothing. Amazing Cabernet!
Nickel & Nickel, Oakville (Napa Valley, California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
By Rich Cook