As with the previous vintage, the few Cabernets from Oakville I sampled are among my top scorers for the 2020 vintage. They are perfumed, elegant, light on their feet with good fruit concentration, and show poise and balance.
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Early in my tastings, I visited Screaming Eagle and spoke with winemaker Nick Gislason, who said that ripening was slowed a bit by what he described as ‘dappled sunlight’, resulting from high-elevation smoke particles from the August LNU fires, which did not impact their vines.
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Oakville 2020: the top-scoring Cabernets
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