As you might expect, this Cali Cab is ripe and rich and full-bodied, though here there is some interest ingrained via the blend being flushed out with 10% Petite Sirah, 6% Malbec and 3% Merlot. A full oak treatment (French and American oak for 15 months) has given the rich black fruit the heavy cloak of vanilla, black forest cherry, mocha and peppercorn spicing right up through the heated finish. There is a powdery cocoa texture to the tannins, that would be best mitigated with ribs. Lacks finesse but certainly carries impact.
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