Palate Press Wine of the Week- 2005 Cornerstone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

Palate Press Wine of the Week

A big, jammy wine, but balanced with a good streak of acid and very fine, firm tannins. Most of all, it is still very young, with many years of cellar improvement ahead of it. File this future tasting note away and test me in 10 years- blackberry and plums take a back seat to complex mature flavors of lavender, cigar box, a mix of leafy spices, marjoram, sage, and rosemary, and the meaty, crisp, smoky flavor of the well-done end of a nice prime rib.

WHO: Cornerstone Cellars
WHAT: Cabernet Sauvignon
WHERE: Napa Valley, California
WHEN: 2005
HOW MUCH: $59