2022 Kathryn Kennedy Cabernet Sauvignon “Small Lot”, Santa Cruz Mountains

San Francisco Wine Panel Score: 93 Points

Forthcoming and harmonious at opening, this distinctive Cabernet seems to amplify its virtues as it airs. The aromas unfold as an array of purple plum jam, blackberry, blueberry, violet, licorice root, and toffee, uplifted by notes of forest-floor spice and minerality. On the palate, following a similar pattern, mulberry, plum, dark cherry, root beer, black olive, and leather rise above flavors of toffee, star anise, and foresty spice. It grows elegant, lingering, and progressively more classy and generous as it airs, ultimately proving a truly delicious dinner companion. 1000 cases produced.