2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No.2
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Deep purple-black colored, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 2 rolls effortlessly out of the glass with notes of tobacco leaf, pencil lead, cardamom and hoisin, over a core of blackcurrant cordial, blackberry pie and redcurrant jelly. The full-bodied palate delivers beautiful tension and seductively ripe, silt-like tannins, supporting the red and black fruit layers, finishing very long and perfumed. Impressive! Aged in 100% new French oak, the fruit here comes from Block 2 of the the estate-owned Perrarus vineyard, located on Pritchard Hill.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Also from a site on Pritchard Hill, yet from a different parcel, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 2 offers a more restrained, powerful style that carries loads of crème de cassis, toasted spiced, coffee, chocolate, and crushed rock-like minerality. Deep, full-bodied, and layered on the palate, this is a heavenly, gorgeously balanced beauty that has everything you could want from a mountain Cabernet.
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Stones No. 2 is another extravagantly rich wine. The No. 2 is also the ripest wine in this range. Blackberry jam, chocolate, licorice, spice, new leather, cloves and licorice saturate the palate. There is impressive depth and concentration here, even if the tannins are not as finessed as in the other wines, while the alcohol is a bit pronounced. The No. 2 is a blend across the various blocks Fairchild sources from at his Paramus Vineyard (formerly Montagna) on Pritchard Hill.