Staglin, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2009

Staglin, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2009Bright medium ruby. Musky aromas of black raspberry, cherry liqueur, licorice, violet, herbs and graphite minerality, given added sex appeal by notes of pipe tobacco and rich, peaty soil; a splendid manifestation of Rutherford terroir. Very plush and fine grained, but with enough ripe acidity to give shape and energy to its flavors of red and darker berries, spices and licorice. Suggestions of cured tobacco and dark topsoil add interest. An excellent

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lemon rind and vegetal notes

Aromas of freshly cracked black peppercorn

intense and decidedly powerful large-scaled flavors possess excellent detail on the finish that firms up very fast

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The medium-bodied flavors are both more powerful and concentrated though at the expense of less refinement and minerality on the driving and impressively persistent finish

a judicious dash of spice with a very harmonious and persistent finish

This too is quite aromatically cool and it’s also more restrained with its grudging aromas of various red berries

almost sappy

with alluring raspberry and plum compote notes that glide through

both dry and nobly sweet

robust and muscular finale that offers excellent depth and persistence though here too at least 7 to 8 years of patience is counseled