2013 The Vineyard House Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville

This is a structured, substantial wine, grippy on the palate, with firm-grained tannin and smoky oak. Mouth-filling with a juicy sophisticated core of cherry, blackberry and black currant, there's a defiant meatiness to the fruit, spiked in clove, black pepper and tobacco. *Cellar Selection* (VB) Review Date: December 2017