2017 TOR Cabernet Sauvignon
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Coming all from the Tierra Roja Vineyard and a barrel selection, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville is an inky colored effort that has a touch iron and bloodiness in its mulled red and black fruits, tobacco, chocolate, and spice-driven aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, nicely balanced, and layered, it’s a classic Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon to drink over the coming decade or more.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville is soft, supple and inviting. Bright red cherry, wild flowers, mint and spice give the 2017 striking brightness and energy to play off a core of rich Oakville fruit. This is such a pretty and enticing Cabernet.
This is the first time TOR has made a barrel selection from their Oakville vineyards, predominantly Tierra Roja in Oakville East. It is composed of barrels selected to reveal the "red-fruited, softer, juicier side of the Tierra Roja vineyard". Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon comes sashaying out of the glass with open-knit notes of warm red and black plums, kirsch and cassis with wafts of bay leaves, tar, underbrush and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate has bold freshness and a firm frame of chewy tannins with a core of evocative, crunchy red and black fruits, finishing long and earthy. 350 cases were made.