Cathiard Vineyard, Estate Red Size:3x750ml

Cathiard Vineyard, Estate Red Size:3x750mlThere are 9,000 bottles of the flagship 2020 Cathiard Vineyard Proprietary Red, a sturdy blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. Marked by scents of black cherries, cassis and cedar, this debut is medium to full bodied and nicely proportioned but also a bit astringent and drying, in need of time to come together. Finishing with savory elements of mocha, earth and black olives, this wine offers a promising juxtaposition of California

medium-full bodied

Smooth textured

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting

tobacco and woodsy aromas and flavors

white flower and a bit of anise that can also be found on the intensely stony and big-bodied flavors that are almost aggressively mineral in character before culminating in a palate staining and driving finish where the intensity does a slow but sure build from the dense mid-palate to the explosive finale

but also age

It has moderate alcohol and mellow acidity

2015 was a textbook vintage and this is a great Cervaro

As the description suggests the balance isn’t perfect but there is so much underlying material that my score offers the benefit of the doubt that this will better harmonize with a few years of bottle age

Young at heart still

The palate's lively bead is tightly-meshed with notes of green apple

and a thick