Gandona - Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (750ml) Gascony

Gandona - Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (750ml) Gascony"The 2018 Gandona is superb. Inky Dark fruit, gravel, spice, chocolate, menthol and licorice infurse the 2018 with striking layers of complexity, all with firm mountain tannins that give the wien shape, energe and drive. The 2018 is a real powerhouse. I can't remember tasting a wine from this property with so much sturcture and tannin. Readers should plan on giving the 2018 plenty of air. I found the 2018 really blossomed a number of hours after

Not much later

juicy style

showing blackberries

There's some weight here as flavors like limoncello

No one blended wines back then

Hints of oak and cinnamon-kissed green apple flavors create a very smooth wine with a soft fruity finish

heading downwind at 20 knots

Notes of mocha and toffee complement the ripe blackberry and black currant flavors

aromas of redcurrants

Pontet-Canet's 2006 conveys a powerful impression of soil character

both nestled in Oregon’s verdant Willamette Valley

intense and ripe