($75):  ZD has produced a quintessential Napa Valley Cabernet and shows, once again, why that region is one of the best places in the world for that grape.  It’s a powerful Cabernet —  it is from California, after all — but it has elegance and is not overdone.  It’s a balanced mixture of savory and dark fruit flavors.  Very fine tannins provide structure.  Minerality, not fruitiness, comes through in its extraordinarily long finish.  Hard to resist now, its balance suggests that it will develop beautifully over the next decade or two.
96 Michael Apstein Nov 13, 2018