Wine Each Week ~ Priest Ranch 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

In the years I have been reviewing Cabernet Sauvignon this particular wine has the most cocoa/mocha elements I have ever tasted. To be clear, this is not a sweet wine, nor does it taste like chocolate, but the quiet innuendo of these notes suggests something compelling and interesting for Priest Ranch, which started farming in the 1860s.

Of course there is also what you want in Cabernet - blackberry boysenberry, lingonberry, plum and blueberry, but this underlying dark deep mocha is intriguing. And this is all Cab. The acidity is in check, the tannins are in check, but these dark brooding elements are so noticeable and unlike most other wines you have ever had. Aged in new and used French oak barrels for 20 months. This is a unique one.

5,889 cases

ORIGIN: Napa Valley, California

ALCOHOL: 14.8%

PRICE: $50 /750 ml

SCORE: 91 POINTS

PRIEST RANCH