Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon Anjea Sleeping Lady Vineyard
Tasted 30 April 2021
Napa Valley · Yountville
The best wine I've had from the Sleeping Lady site. I've honestly never been wholly impressed with that vineyard nor convinced it had the ultimate potential to compete with some of the big boys in Napa. Well, color me…
This doesn't even need a decant. Silky smooth with a perfect equilibrium, especially for such a potent wine. Dark blackberry and black cherry fruit dominate, with a wonderfully pure but voluminous…
Big and unctuous, but with a silky finesse that made a 2018 Arkenstone Heimark served beside it look like a blackberry whiskey sour. the Anjea has that Nigel smooth edges thing going on that always…
Plush fruit, but harnessed and slightly muted overall. A cool feeling to it, with purple-black fruit and not much perception of heat. Round on the back end, but with a finish that maintains focus and…
