To Kalon Vineyard Company To Kalon Vineyard Co Highest Beauty Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 750ml

An intense wine from a super-concentrated vintage, this is totally loaded with ripe fruits, spicy oak and generous savory, minty flavors, wrapped in firm, fine-grained tannins. Black olives, black currants, earthy and sage-like notes. So dark, deep and age-worthy, with great balance for a wine so full-bodied. Drinkable now but best from 2030.

There are 700 cases of the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Highest Beauty, an expression of several blocks of pure Cabernet Sauvignon. Gentle thyme shadings accent black cherries and loamy earth in this rich, full-bodied wine. Coming dangerously close to being over the top, it's ripe and hedonistic, while at the same time developing classic To Kalon notes of baking spices and fine suede on the long, elegant finish.

A richly fruited version, offering boysenberry, black currant and blackberry puree notes that stream through, yet this stays reserved in style, with a remarkable sense of polish. Loam, licorice root and singed alder elements emerge steadily through the long finish. A lovely late twang of iron adds to the range. Drink now through 2044. 650 cases made.