“Flirting with perfection… This is Sonoma brilliance all the way…” – Jeb Dunnuck

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Skipstone Oliver’s Blend Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

$149.99 net  (beats US best on winesearcher.com)

98 pts Jeb Dunnuck

Winery Note: Our estate lies directly atop the Mayacamas Faultline, which means earthquakes on occasion. The blessing, however, is an incredible upheaval of land and thus a myriad of soil types that in turn give us diverse flavor profiles from each block. Since the inaugural Skipstone vintage of 2005, our annual approach with Oliver’s Blend is to create a blend of Cabernet Sauvignons from up to 20 individual small lots. Each lot has a unique profile (based on soil type, exposure and clonal selection) and blended they create a foundation.  This Cabernet Sauvignon is then embellished with small amounts of our other blending varietals to best showcase the vintage.With so many pockets of soil differentiation and exposures, Oliver’s Blend is a symphonic compilation of aroma and flavor. This, coupled with clonal diversity of multiple Cabernet clones throughout our hillside plantings, creates an exceptionally complex wine. Year after year, this is a wine of profound power and elegance. Oliver’s Blend is aged for two years in barrel and another year in bottle prior to our release.  This highly-structured Cabernet Sauvignon is an excellent candidate for further cellaring, with potential to age for decades.

“Flirting with perfection, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Oliver's Blend is another wine from the estate vineyard, and it spent 18 months in 65% new French oak. Awesome notes of blackcurrants, crème de cassis, tobacco leaf, and lead pencil all flow to a full-bodied, perfectly balanced Cabernet Sauvignon that has building tannins (yet they’re ripe and polished), a terrific mid-palate, and a weightless, seamless texture. This is Sonoma brilliance all the way, and I suspect it will keep for 2-3 decades if you’re so inclined.” – Jeb Dunnuck

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