Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

First time for me, needs time in the bottle. Will be great in 5 years.

Excellent blend (80% cab, 16% merlot and 4% cab franc) from Napa (Paul Hobbs). Complex, low tannins and acidity, full bodied, tones of vanilla, blackberry, dark cherries and plum.
Long lasting in the mouth and super smooth and well balanced.
2013 was a great vintage in Napa and this wine is a good represantation of it.

Prune et du cêdre! 🤗

Cassis and chocolate. Robust. Oaky.

PnP. Medium purple color. Dark fruit, licorice, rhubarb, and perfume. Quite lovely. Decent tannins and more Rhubarb and dirt covered roots/beets on the palate. Unique and complex. Medium minus depth and strong finish. 92.5.

1hr+ decant. Solid Cab. Decent amount of oak paired with dark cherries and graphite. Seemed a bit restrained as depth and finish were medium minus.

PnP. Purplish in color. Nose has oak and dark fruit, with subtle graphite and herbs. Plums and chocolate along with alcohol dominate the palate. Medium depth and finish. Unique and solid, and probably needs a decant to tone down the OH.

Nicely balanced napa cab. Good finish. Like mission figs on the finish

Bangin in the 2013 magnum. Big fruit still but lots of cherry smoke and pepper as it opened. Two decanters, the last of the 2nd bottle dump was fabulous.

Classic Napa cab, tinge of bitterness on the finish