2015, Napanook, Jean-Pierre Moueix, NAPA VALLEYBlend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc The 2015 Napanook is dark, plush and inviting, all of which make it an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next decade or so. Super ripe black cherry, plum, spice and liquorice notes are all pushed forward in a decidedly lush, open knit Napanook that will be ready to go pretty much upon release. 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous (2017) Bottled in July 2017, Dominus more approachable, less

juicy blackcurrants

some herbaceous and inviting fruitiness

70 to 80 year old vines

A pinker edge to the crimson

Yields a little higher on Cabernet Sauvignon than in Haut-Brion

95-97 Yohan Castaing

framed by soft contours that add to its considerable charm

The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Luce entices with a cascade of dried rose petals

Needs three to four years to come around but already a joy to taste

this has a perfumed

and wood smoke

Austerity comes in pretty strongly through the mid palate