2016 was generally a very good year for California Cabernet Sauvignon. By far, the growing season was steady and uneventful, allowing grapes to help produce solid wines. This 2016 Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma Mountain is 100% Cabernet (yay!) and one that is extremely fairly priced. We won't say "value priced" wine as that tends to actually devalue a brand. We are going to call this wine an incredible deal. Juicy blackberry, plum camp fire and cigar box on the nose with, at times, hints of dried spring flowers. A dark, robust wine with flavors of black fruits, cherry tobacco, allspice and earthiness. The wine really pulls you in immediately and leaves a solid finish on the palate. This is the first Counterpoint that we have tasted and these 50+ year old vines are really strutting their stuff. Excellent choice! Drink now or for the next 10 years.
ABV: 14.6%
Sonoma Mountain, CA
Suggested retail price: $50.00
Drink The Bottles score: 93/100
