2020 Staglin Family Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, USA (750ml)

TASTING NOTES:

The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is an attractive, fruity wine. Crushed red berry fruit, sweet spice and floral notes are nicely delineated. The 2020 is a decidedly mid-weight wine with good balance for the year. Intense heat in the forecast led to picking on the early side. That, plus the natural challenges of the year, produced a decidedly light-bodied Cabernet by Staglin standards. On the plus side, there are no awkward contours. The 2020 has only been bottled recently, as Staglin held the wine in neutral oak to avoid any toast markers before being certain the wine was not tainted by smoke. 

- Vinous, 91 pts.

This is a wonderful, flamboyant chardonnay with density and layers of fruit, as well as all the trimmings, from apple tart to toasted oak and vanilla. Yet, it remains bright and lively at the end.

- James Suckling, 96 pts.