I don’t often get a chance to taste "cult" wines, and I’m often disappointed when I do. My typical experience finds monstrous, over-extracted, over-oaked wines that just don’t wow me. Thankfully, that’s not the case here. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is big in all the right ways, with ripe black fruit that doesn’t reach the jammy zone and complementary earth and pepper. The palate shows fine structure and a long, well integrated finish that already has all the nose elements in play. Certainly a far superior debate to what you might have heard from politics lately…. Sorry — you know you were thinking the same thing.
The Debate, Napa Valley (California) Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
By Rich Cook