2017 Taplin Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2017 Taplin Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine of magnificent maturity, complex development, and the kind of fully realized Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon personality that only emerges after years of careful bottle evolution in a truly outstanding vintage. Now approaching nearly a decade of age, the 2017 Taplin is in a glorious drinking window: the vintage's natural concentration, fine tannins, and outstanding aromatic completeness have fully integrated and are now revealing layer upon layer of the secondary and tertiary complexity — earthy, savory, cedary, and spicy — that make mature Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon one of the world's most compelling and rewarding wine experiences. The 2017 California growing season, despite the challenges of a wet winter followed by a warm and even ripening period, ultimately produced red wines of outstanding quality and aging potential across Napa Valley's finest estates. In the glass today: aromas of ripe dark cherry, cassis, leather, cedar box, dark tobacco, dried herbs, and a beautifully developed earthy complexity lead to a full-bodied, silky, seamlessly integrated palate with fine tannins and a finish of extraordinary length and lingering satisfaction.