PlumpJack Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, 2005

93 points Wine Spectator

Beautifully crafted, rich and focused, with polished currant, black cherry and blackberry flavors, shaded by toasty, smoky oak notes that give this flavor dimension and structure. Has great intensity and finesse. (JL)

92 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a full-bodied, chewy effort displaying copious aromas of lead pencil shavings, black currants, blueberries, licorice, charcoal, and spice box along with a hint of new oak. This beauty should unfold gracefully over the next 5-7 years, and last for two decades or more. Winemaker Tony Biagi appears to have carte blanche authority to recreate the greatness that existed in this vineyard when Nils Venge was making the wines in the mid-seventies, under the Villa Mt. Eden label. (RP)