Napa Cellars 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

Napa Cellars 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

Napa Valley, California, United States

ON $34.95 (432211)

Winemaker Joe Shirley looks to primetime Napa districts — St. Helena, Oakville, Rutherford and Oak Knoll — to form the basis of his powerful and ripe Cabernet Sauvignon each year. The 2014 Cab has a lot of personality, with a ripe core of fruit that doesn't get too carried away — there's still some dusty and herbal notes to add interest on the nose and palate. Serious oak frames this generously structured red. (Eighteen months in 100 percent French oak, roughly 33 percent new is the house style.) A spell in a decanter or stint in the cellar before enjoying promises to bring out the best of this full-bodied red.