punchy, sizable tannins make this wine a beast at first. it's dry on the palate, yet sultry, well-defined layers of dark cherry and toasty vanilla-oak manage to persist around seasonings of minty dried herb and cinnamon. from a well-known vineyard high atop what is called the petaluma gap, it's characteristically robust and age-worthy, able to cellar through 2022.
Gap's Crown Vineyard