charcoal and wild herbs

Notes of matchstick and hazelnut add breadth to the mostly white orchard fruit and acacia blossom-scented nose

exotic tea

Jonata's 630-case 2012 El Desafio de Jonata checks in as a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon

Top Ambonnay domaine with all the famed class of this Grand Cru

Cliff Lede, Poetry Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2015 charcoal and wild herbsThe 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Poetry is sensual, powerful and totally alluring. Dark blue fruits, espresso, incense and licorice are beautifully woven together. Poetry is not quite as bombastic as the other two 2015s I tasted for this report, but it's still a pretty heady wine. It has also aged spectacularly well. All the elements are so well balanced.