2018 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon [TP95][WE90]

Producer: Jordan Winery Region: Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California Blend: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot; 2% Malbec Year: 2018  Tasting Panel, 95 Points  "Elegant, plush blue fruit melds with satin-lined tannins as violets, cassis, fig, beet root, and hazelnut contribute richness. This is an Alexander Valley blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, and 2% Malbec with a French accent, tasting of terroir as much as it does sunshine and power. Aged in 100% French oak for 13 months (35% new and 65% one-year-old barrels)."  Wine Enthusiast, 90 Points  "Blending in 11% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec, this elegant wine displays the great conditions of the vintage, allowing blackberry fruit, fig, cedar and a note of dark chocolate to mingle over a medium-bodied palate of refined tannin and oak."  Winemaker Notes:  "Rich aromas of ripe black cherry, Mission fig, and dark chocolate mingle with a spice box of clove and nutmeg. The palate i