2019 Avennia Sestina Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley

Upon swirling the glass, ripe red and black currants, Alpine flowers, toasted vanilla bean, crushed herbs, damp earth, and graphite highlight the nose on this wine. As it opens up, the palate fills out with beautiful poise and power, featuring red cassis and blueberry reductions, rich loam and crushed violets, with hints of bay leaf, mocha and iron. Tightly wound, yet deeply concentrated, this will want a few years in bottle, or a good decant if opened young. But this looks to be an incredibly long lived Sestina. Drink 2025-2045