2014 O’SHAUGHNESSY “HOWELL MOUNTAIN” CABERNET SAUVIGNON

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2014 O’SHAUGHNESSY “HOWELL MOUNTAIN” CABERNET SAUVIGNON

From Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, “The sensational 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain (which is reasonably priced, given how superb it is)… It is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest tiny quantities of Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Carmenère, Petit Verdot, and a real head scratcher, St. Macaire. Inky purple to the rim, with notes of white flowers, licorice, forest floor and graphite, this wine exhibits classic mulberry, blackberry and blackcurrant fruit notes, some background, vague oak, a full-bodied, beautifully proportioned mouthfeel, and a layered finish. Like most 2014s, it can be drunk now, but it has at least two decades of cellaring potential.” 95 Points