2005 Jonata "El Desafio de Jonata" Santa Ynez Cabernet Sauvignon

The opaque purple-hued 2005 El Desafio de Jonata (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) possesses beautiful notes of blue and black fruits along with hints of charcoal, graphite, and spice. This impeccably made offering sets a new reference point for what Cabernet Sauvignon can achieve in Santa Ynez. There is no herbaceousness to this wine, but rather, extraordinary complexity, depth, purity, and harmony. This is a tour de force in viticultural management/winemaking. (RP)