Cakebread Cellars Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Cakebread Cellars Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2017Region: Napa Valley, California, USA Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes: Very deep purple black colored, it slowly emerges from the glass to reveal notions of baked black cherries, stewed black plums and warm cassis with touches of aged meat, dark chocolate, bay leaves and pencil shavings. Medium to full bodied, the palate packs in the black fruits, supported by lots of freshness and a firm, grainy texture, finishing long and with tons of

emphasizing the wine's fresh fruitiness while tempering its high acidity and bringing out its characteristic red berry and pinewood aromas

light tobacco

More interesting are the vibrant

It saw 16 months in 54% new French and American oak and should drink nicely for 3-4 years

The wine shows great minerality along with fresh

menthol and tobacco aromas and flavors

slightly drying

pure expression of the varietal

and very attractive

herbal notes and tobacco

It offers more mature notes of maple syrup

with well defined aromas of red fruit