2016 Turnbull Wine Cellars Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA

Winemaker Notes
Opulent black currant and ripened plum compote commingle with aromas of exotic spices, hinting to the brooding and intrinsically powerful core within. Dimpled tannins accelerate with incredible focus and width, enveloping the mid-palate with notes of black mulberries, crème de casis, juniper, and graphite. This enchanting darkness carries through the endless finish with unparalleled beauty and clarity.

Blend: 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Malbec, and 3% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc.

Press
Rated 97 Points Wine Enthusiast
This is a headturning wine, especially at the price—an impressive study in cohesive elements of black currant, lavender and licorice melded with meaty, lengthy tannin. The black currant gives way to more sumptuous flavors of blueberry and cocoa powder, offering balanced body weight and complexity. Editors' Choice

Rated 95 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label opens with a beautiful perfume of red roses, black tea, menthol and fragrant earth scents over a core of cassis, warm plums and kirsch plus wafts of cedar and truffles. The palate is medium to full-bodied with exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and oodles of freshness lifting the bright, vivacious fruit layers to a long, perfumed finish.