Sourced entirely from the Kick Ranch Vineyard, this wine is native-fermented in open-top fermenters after a five-day cold soak, with 100% carbonic maceration and hand punch-downs, then aged 18 months in 65% new French oak. This is the Cabernet lover’s Sonoma County wine — rich, dark-fruited, and pure, with deep berry fruit and warm baking spices, toffee and caramel, tobacco, and flashes of blue fruit emerging on the palate. Molasses notes and firm, structured, elongated tannins give it power and presence. This is a baby, with plenty of baby fat, stuffing, and raw energy; it will benefit from a few years to unwind and mellow, and it should cellar quite nicely. A real crowd-pleaser.