Cakebread Cellars Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Morellino di Scansano I especially admire its understated

I especially admire its understated personality

Behind the fruit there are faint hints of perfume and orange zest as well as an underlying smell of gravel

This well-made effort could use better depth but there appears to be enough stuffing for that to progressively occur over the probable 5 to 8 years aging curve

The 2017 Alesia Pinot Noir Anderson Valley is pale to medium ruby-purple with a pretty nose of autumn leaves

Jose Antonio Mokoroa is one of the very best in the business

Cakebread Cellars Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Morellino di Scansano I especially admire its understatedThe 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Benchland Select offers abundant blueberry and black currant fruit intermixed with notions of spring flowers. Deep, rich and full bodied, it comes across like a great classic Napa Cabernet. Nothing is out of place and the wine has a certain accessibility, but it will not hit its prime for another 5 7 years, and should last for two to three decades, possibly longer. 95 Pts Wine Advocate