Reviews

Big, dense, ripe, rich, great balance.

Nice chardonnay, crowd pleaser.

Lovely aromas, Chamomile, ripe lemon, McIntosh apples.

For the challenging vintage this has an excellent tannin structure and good concentration. The strawberry and redcurrant aromas are restrained, but there are also delicate notes of spice and savory to fill out the picture. Good length with moderate acidity for 2021. Drink or hold.

The flagship of this impressive estate, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Generations is an up-front, plush, incredibly sexy barrel sample that's just about overflowing with red and black fruits as well as spicy oak, dried flowers, and savory herb-driven aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, concentrated, and balanced, this pleasure-bent effort is going to shine right out of the gate yet still evolve for two decades.

In comparison, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon JCB #10 is a bigger, richer, more unctuous effort that reveals a dense purple color as well as a smorgasbord-like array of ripe blue fruits, chocolaty oak, violets, and ripe herbs. It's full-bodied and concentrated, yet still holds onto a terrific sense of finesse and elegance, and the tannins are beautiful. Both wines are brilliant.

I was able to taste two barrel samples from the JCB lineup. The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon JCB #1 is the slightly more elegant and seamless of the two, offering a pure, perfumed nose of ripe currants, toasted spice, graphite, and tobacco leaf. With perfectly integrated oak, full-bodied richness, and just about perfect tannins, this is legit awesome juice. The #1 Cuvee comes from two vineyards in St. Helena and is Clone 4 and Clone 7.