Moone-Tsai Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Cor Leonis
Tasted 3 October 2017
California · Napa Valley
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 not overly so.…
From the Charles Heintz Vineyard (one of my personal favorites), Moone Tsai's version flaunts a rich, buttery profile, with pure and plump yellow core fruit, lemon curd, olive oil, subtle pineapple,…
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…
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…
