Country: US / Purple Label Piedra Hill Vineyard
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California
Winery: W.H. Smith / Howell Mountain
This is a gigantic Cabernet, deeply concentrated and enormously tannic and dry. Waves of black currants, blueberries, violets and sweet toasted oak are wrapped into a firm astringency. This needs plenty of time; hold until 2017, at least.