Terrace Select Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2 1/2 hour decant and still shows semi-resolved, round, meaty tannins. I can only imagine how big this wine was at release.

Silly, silly. Dark chocolate cooking bar, smooth expresso, sweet tarriness, anise-black licorice, mocha, caramel, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanillin, dark, resolved spice, blackberries, black raspberries, black plum & very, dark cherries. Fresh & candied, lavender, violets round acidity, balance, nice tension, structure, well knitted and really well polished lush, finish that lasts 90 seconds.

Yes, there are Sonoma Cabernet producers that stand right in there w/ Napa. This is certainly one.

Wonderfully nuanced reserve cab from a Sonoma Zin specialist.

Terrific balance and harmony between fruit, acid and tannins.

2006 A Rafanelli Terrace Select Cabernet. This is the time to drink these 06's.