The best of the Blacklist wines, the X was comprised of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, a whopping 33% PV, and 2% Merlot. A ton of grip on this wine, but the black fruit still managed to push through. Some fairly strong tobacco…
A Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blend with a heavy PV component (and a dollop of Merlot), this Blacklist version presented itself much in the same way of the 2013 Blacklist IX. Dark fruit with some…
This had a very prominent funky railroad tie nose. On the palate, a little bit of the same, with a decent core of dark red/black fruit with some earth and spice. A fairly significant clamp on the…
Much more accessible and showy than its 2013 older brother. Sweeter fruit and a little more blue/black fruit (as contrasted with the 2013 black/red fruit profile). A little more dense and rich, but…
