The appellation is little known because so few wines bear it, but Cabs from here, notably Laurel Glen's, are notoriously long-lived. This wine is right there in terms of ageability. It's enormously strong in tannins now, and bone dry, offering only hints of what it could be. But it's a powerful, masculine wine that should hit its stride after 2010 and hold for another decade.
The appellation is little known because so few wines bear it, but Cabs from here, notably Laurel Glen's, are notoriously long-lived. This wine is right there in terms of ageability. It's enormously strong in tannins now, and bone dry, offering only hints of what it could be. But it's a powerful, masculine wine that should hit its stride after 2010 and hold for another decade.
The appellation is little known because so few wines bear it, but Cabs from here, notably Laurel Glen's, are notoriously long-lived. This wine is right there in terms of ageability. It's enormously strong in tannins now, and bone dry, offering only hints of what it could be. But it's a powerful, masculine wine that should hit its stride after 2010 and hold for another decade.
The appellation is little known because so few wines bear it, but Cabs from here, notably Laurel Glen's, are notoriously long-lived. This wine is right there in terms of ageability. It's enormously strong in tannins now, and bone dry, offering only hints of what it could be. But it's a powerful, masculine wine that should hit its stride after 2010 and hold for another decade.