here we have a fascinating wine that's elegant and opulent, massive and controlled, flattering yet elusive, all at once. that combination of opposites gives it intellectual interest, a wine worth thinking and talking about. technically, it's dry, fairly high in alcohol and oaky. the 100% cabernet grapes off the estate are incredibly concentrated in black currants and cassis, showing their sunny, high elevation origins on pritchard hill. the wine is not perfect. there's a certain hollowness mid-palate, which has to be attributed to the challenging vintage. but it's a fabulous cabernet to drink now, and it will reward cellaring for 10 years.
Elevation 1147'