Country: U.S.A.

Region: Napa Valley

Vintage: 2012

Cépage: Cabernet Sauvignon (95%); Petit Verdot (5%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 96 (RP) 

"Another big-time winner from Shirley Roy is her 450 cases of 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate. This is 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot with an opaque purple color and a fabulous notes of lead pencil shavings, licorice, roasted herbs, damp soil and oodles of blackberry and cassis fruit. It is long, rich, multilayered and impressively endowed. This wine was aged 27 months in new Taransaud oak, which is soaked up beautifully. Its should drink well for 30 or more years."

Robert Parker (RP) - 10/15