Cardinale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Size::1 Bottle complex but integrated French oak

complex but integrated French oak lurking in the background with hints of matchstick flint as well

Laurent Roumier is the grandson of the legendary Georges Roumier and his holdings originate from that grand old estate with more recent additions of 6 hectares in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits being purchased in the 1990s and further purchases in Chambolle-Musigny

The name comes from a harvest sunset at Rayner Vineyard and proved appropriate for the wine: “It evokes purple velvet and flowers and softness

in this case QDA's yellow granite) is an un-sulphured and pretty much untouched wine

and a faint hint of smoky char

Cardinale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Size::1 Bottle complex but integrated French oak100 POINTS Jeb Dunnuck "The perfect 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot, all of which spent 22 months in 80% new French oak. The idea of this release is to showcase fruit from throughout the valley, and to say that winemaker Chris Carpenter succeeded would be an understatement. It boasts off the charts richness and depth as well as notes of cassis, toasted spices, graphite, tobacco, and espresso, with perfectly