WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
From the glorious 2023 vintage, this Blueprint Cabernet Sauvignon is deep purple-red, showing captivating aromas of sandalwood, ripe plum, coffee bean and cocoa. Flavors are manifold, including black raspberry and cherry, dark chocolate, and huckleberry. Creamy, full-bodied, supple, bright and juicy at its core, it finishes long, elegant, fine and richly-layered. This is as good as Blueprint Cabernet Sauvignon gets.
TASTING NOTES:
Depth of color in the glass (violet and ruby red) offers the first indication of the layered aromas and flavors to follow. This wine is plush and also balanced, with a combination of juicy, dark fruits, integrated spices, chocolate, and a graphite mineral finish that gains freshness and length with further sipping. Melting tannins meet persistence for a delicious, satisfying wine
- Wine Enthusiast, 94pts
Lail's 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Blueprint—a blend of fruit from eight sites and aged in 50% to 60% new French oak—delivers an experience that's consistent with what readers have come to expect. It's inky in hue and emphasizes dark fruit, like black cherries and cassis, while remaining medium- to full-bodied yet silky, with fine-grained tannins and a balanced, elegant, softly dusty finish. It's a solid value, even more so if you find it discounted.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 pts.
Lovely depth of flavor and fruit-driven freshness, with aromas of graphite, black olives, potpourri and spices. The palate is refined and pure, with a rounded, textural mouthfeel that leads to a savory, earth-driven finish.
-James Suckling, 93pts
