Audelssa 2005 Mountain Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma Valley)

Country: US / Mountain Estate Grown
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California
Winery: Audelssa / Sonoma Valley

This bone-dry wine is rather severe in tannins. It feels elegant, but lacks immediate reward, with cherry, currant and tobacco flavors that disappear into a cloak of astringency. Could develop after 2011, but no guarantees.