Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Lovely fragrant blackberry and black cherry fruit, cassis, and rich tobacco spices with lovely fresh earth notes and a sweet kiss of new wood cedar. Incredibly concentrated dark berry fruit with fabulously angular tannins with smooth long beams with crisp edges. Purple florals, dried sagebrush, and chocolate shavings with lids of graphite and deep iron-like mineral character. And a finish of dark saturated fruit that goes and goes for days. There are purple floras too. Polished and bright, with vivacious acidity and freshness evident from the sip to the finish. Wow, this wine. Has the potential to be a 100-point wine. Drinking window: 2023-2035. Part of St Helena 2020: The top Cabernets from this Napa AVA. Score – 99. (Jonathan Cristaldi, decanter.com, Sept. 26, 2023)