Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013St. Helena

Upon release, Spottswoode shows well but in time, like Abreu (interesting to note, they are both on St. Helena's west side going into the bench), they take on a new level of complexity. This 2013 is a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot and exhibits beautiful concentration and depth. True to the classic Spottswoode style, it offers "an enticing potpourri of bakery aromas—chocolate-covered cherries, caramel, spice, coffee bean, boysenberry cream, black cherry, vanilla, crème brûlée, with hints of bay leaf and tobacco, and wonderful underlying minerality".