Robert Mondavi – The Reserve 2016, Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard – Oakville, Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, racy and offers a beautiful power (full of control), a fine/finely tight grain, intensity as well as complexity and energy. It reveals notes of ripe wild blackberry, wild raspberry, small notes of small berries associated with touches of grey pepper, racy minerality, spices as well as hints of oak/dry liege/dry local forest ground, a fine hint of eucalyptus, violet, small pulpy blue fruits, a discreet hint of dry tobacco and a fine hint of dry oak. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, full of elegance/power/concentration (full of control) and offers energy, dynamism, energy, tension as well as a fine straightness and a beautiful finesse of the grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy wild cassis, wild blackberry, small notes of raspberry associated with touches of juicy/pulpy blueberry, lily, cornflower, cherry as well as hints of dry tobacco, cuben pepper, nutmeg, vanilla, mocha, very discreet hints of toasted almond, dry ground of local forest, mushroom, an imperceptible hint of Badiane and toasted oak. Tannins are elegant, racy and precise. Good length.