This minty, juicy and nicely focused wine offers generous black currant, chocolate and black-cherry flavors on a silky texture laced with light tannins. It is fairly concentrated and very well balanced, drinkable without further aging. Best through 2032.

Aged in 75% new French oak, there's a menthol-cedar edge to the nose of the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford, partially obscuring more attractive notes of black cherries and humus-enriched loam. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with supple tannins framed by ample oak, leaving a slightly drying, dusty impression on the finish.