2016 Bennett Lane Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
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Although it has a cassis-liqueur and vanilla character, this very ripe cabernet also has nice freshness. The generous, supple tannins are already nicely integrated. If the finish were a little more polished, this would rate even higher. Drink or hold.
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve comes mostly from the Lewelling Vineyard outside of Saint Helena. As with all these 2016s, it’s saturated purple-hued and offers a ripe bouquet of red, black, and blue fruits, graphite, scorched earth, spring flowers, and hints of leafy herbs. This beauty is full-bodied and concentrated, with a stacked mid-palate and building tannins. It needs 2-4 years of bottle age but should keep for two decades.
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve has a deep purple-black color and gives up notes of cassis, warm black berries and mulberries with touches of tobacco and sautéed herbs. Medium-bodied with a good concentration of muscular fruit framed by chewy tannins, it finishes on an earthy note.