Arnot Roberts, Montecillo Cabernet Sauvignon

Arnot Roberts, Montecillo Cabernet SauvignonThe 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Montecillo Vineyard is a headspinning wine. Rich, dense and explosive, the 2019 captures all the pedigree of this great site. Readers will find a towering, statuesque Cabernet of the highest level. Graphite, leather, dried herbs, menthol and licorice play off a core of intense, dark fruit. Potent, muscular tannins need time to soften, but, wow, what a wine. Best of all, the Montecillo is one of the most insane values

the 2015 vintage presented several challenges

It will benefit from 2-3+ years in bottle to unwind

60% whole cluster)

game and floral hints

This too is exuberantly fresh though it’s also more deeply pitched with its array of dark currant

but it adds notes of thyme

The tannins are a bit youthfully tough and a bit less noble than those of the 2012 version

this doesn't seem to have the depth of the 2004

It ages in oak for three years for elegant and finessed results

with a kirsch

with seemingly endless layers of nuance that open up over time

The 2009 Sigalas-Rabaud has a rather light bouquet that lacks the intensity of its peers