2017 Spoto Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

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  6/19/2022 - mflesh wrote:

  For a 2017 Cabernet from Oakville, this one is extremely approachable in its youth. Cork popped to a light cherry stain, but the bing cherry and red brambleberry notes coming out of this bottle like liquid perfume are nothing like I can remember in years past from the Spot PR. This wine was really not decanted at all but instead was treated more as a pop and pour, but I definitely can't say that is a bad thing because this one was doing insanely well. 2017 was an interesting year for Cabernet as there some strange weather patterns and of course fire towards the end of the growing season. However, this makes AVAs such as Oakville (which does tend to make better red fruit dominant Cabernet Sauvignon) stand out quite a bit more from the surrounding AVAs when it comes to a year like this. I really think I am liking 2017 especially when it comes to producers from this region that embrace what the grape is able to do instead of what people want it to be. On the palate, red cherries, bing cherries, rosemary and basil with a hint of rhubarb and baking spice are all RIGHT in your face to the Nth degree. The middle of this wine gains white peppers, green olives, mushroom au jus and fennel. The finish is black pepper spice, jasmine, purple must, a hint of grape stem, and red licorice spice. How beautiful is this wine! This wine is a youngster, but this one is built to be the thoroughbred. I opened this one up in the first 200m of a 10,000m race. But oh man, this one was certainly already out in front of the pack, and will only change, develop, and appreciate that much more over the next two decades.

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