2015 Nickel & Nickel Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard
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From a site in St. Helena, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard (aged 16 months in 51% new French oak) is a more open-knit, supple, textured red that has plenty of cassis, raspberry, toasted spice, and graphite aromas and flavors. With compelling purity of fruit, building minerality, bright acidity, and an understated elegance, this beautiful 2015 needs 4-5 years of bottle age and will keep for two decades.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Displaying a deep garnet-purple color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard has loads of oak, blackberry preserves and warm plums with touches of cola, bergamot and Indian spices. Medium to full-bodied with a good amount of exotic spices and black fruit, it has firm, grainy tannins and great length. It just needs time for that oak to marry!
Crushed stones, bark, walnuts, forest floor, cedar and iodine. Full body, lots of dusty tannins, an impressive entry of acidity and a long, mineral-driven finish. Drink in 2020.