Country: US / Extended Elevage
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California
Winery: Topel / Howell Mountain
There’s something about this wine that strongly suggests it will improve in the cellar after a good bit of aging. As it is, it’s dry, smooth, tannic and intense, with concentrated blackberry and black currant flavors, and a buttered toast note from aging in oak. It’s completely delicious, but if you can keep from popping the cork, it should reward after 2015.