2016 Reynvaan Family Vineyards The Classic
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A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot,13% Petit Verdot and 7% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon The Classic has a focused core of dark fruit—crème de cassis and blackberry jus—with aromas of oak spice and red flowers after rain. The minerality here is evident on the nose and palate, showing a clean, correct and focused structure across the mid-palate. The wine concludes with dense, dark fruit and a dusty mineral tension on the finish, merging to meet a fresh elegance on the aftertaste that will last for years to come. Packing a punch, the wine ends with a long, lingering finish. 342 cases produced.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2016 The Classic checks in as 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 13% Petit Verdot, and the balance Cabernet Franc. This ruby/plum-colored effort offers up an awesome bouquet of blackcurrants, tobacco leaf, truffle, tapenade, and damp earth that changes and develops beautifully with time in the glass. It's elegant, seamless and light on its feet, yet also powerful and textured. It's brilliant Cabernet Sauvignon from this estate to drink over the coming 15-20+ years.
Bright red-ruby. Musky, slightly reduced aromas of cassis, blackberry, smoked meat, licorice and herbs; I might have guessed this had some Syrah in it. Lovely urgent crushed-berry, licorice pastille, espresso and graphite flavors combine a rather fine-grained texture and almost surprising energy and saline minerality, with a subtle savory character adding complexity without impinging on the fruit. Finishes with fine-grained, rather mild tannins and good sneaky length.