Keever Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 (75cl, 15.2%)

Keever Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is an estate-grown Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Keever Vineyards in Napa Valley, California. The 2014 blend is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon with Malbec and Petit Verdot, drawn from four Cabernet clones including ENTAV clones 191 and 341. Fruit was hand-harvested and sorted twice, fermented on skins for about 24 days, then aged for roughly 21 months in French oak barrels, 70% new, and bottled without fining or filtration. Bright purple-fruited aromatics lead with boysenberry and mulberry, followed by warm summer briars, crushed violets, graphite, pipe tobacco and a subtle whiff of mint. The palate is plush and satiny, with concentrated dark berry and black plum, mocha, vanilla, warm baking spice, cedary spice, black currants, crème de cassis and dark chocolate over super-fine-grained tannins. The finish is long and decadent, with licorice, black cherry liqueur and pipe tobacco resolving into a polished, spice-dusted close.