Nickel & Nickel Nickel & Nickel DeCarle Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 750ml

From a site in Rutherford, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon DeCarle Block has a deeper, richer, broader style, with chocolaty red and black fruits, spicy oak, and savory, floral aromas and flavors. It's gorgeously textured and medium to full-bodied, with ripe, velvety tannins and just about flawless balance. This is a killer 2023 that can be drunk any time over the coming two decades or more. Drink 2025-2045.

Inky in aroma and color, this offers a dense, deep core of black currant and blackberry compote flavors laced with warm earth, roasted cedar and tobacco. Tilts a touch more toward fleshy and flattering than your typical Rutherford Cab, with the fruit powering through on the lengthy finish, but that iron note is buried, too. Best from 2028 through 2040. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.