Red

Else's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lake County · United States

Fact sheet

steak with blackberry reduction · roasted meats · lamb · grilled beef · dishes with mushrooms · aged cheeses

201293 pts

One of the top wines from Lake County, this is imposing, dense and concentrated, tasting young but very promising. It smells like black cherries and toasted oak and tastes at once rich and restrained. Dark chocolate, blueberry and cardamom flavors are wrapped in a blanket of fin…
201193 pts

This wine is a giant in terms of concentration and structure, need plenty of time in the cellar to reach its peak of enjoyment. Cedar wood, tobacco and charcoal aromas lead to dark chocolate, sage, wood smoke and ripe black cherry flavors. The tannins are fine-grained but pervas…
200987 pts

This is an austere, leathery Cabernet with smooth tannins that will take time to move beyond its more earthy, herbal components and share its blackberry fruit. Pair with a steak in the meantime, preferably in a blackberry reduction sauce, which might coax out more of the wine's…