Luxury Drinks

The wine shows sweet fruit nuances with blackberry and dark currant. Spice, leather and tobacco fill in the rear. The finish reveals just enough of that acidic prickle to assure an easy ten or fifteen year drinking window.

The classic purity of blueberry and blackberry fruit as well as white flowers and subtle background oak is followed by a full-bodied, voluptuously textured, multi-layered wine that is stunningly lush, with sweet, sweet tannin and beautiful purity and length. 

A barrel sample coming from the Beckstoffer Georges III vineyard, the very deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon GIII gives up a very deep purple-black color and nose of crème de cassis, baked blackberries and preserved plums with touches of dark chocolate, scorched earth and cloves with a waft of tapenade. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a generous amount...