2016 Lail Vineyards J. Daniel Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA (750 ml) Paicines and floral notes that develop

and floral notes that develop nicely with air

reddish hues

it has a lovely

This bottling has some age which has produced a touch of toast to add to the crisp

This section of the Cristom estate was hit pretty hard with voles and they obliterated a big block of vines looking for water

2016 Lail Vineyards J. Daniel Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA (750 ml) Paicines and floral notes that developTASTING NOTES: One hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged 20 months in 75% new French oak, the 2016 J Daniel Cuvee is deep garnet purple in color and offers up exuberant notes of crme de cassis, chocolate covered cherries, wild blueberries, violets and unsmoked cigars with touches of garrigue, fragrant earth, powdered cinnamon, black olives and tree bark. Medium to full bodied, the palate is built like a brick house, with a solid frame of firm,