2009 Long Shadows "Feather" Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Crafted by Napa veteran Randy Dunn, the Long Shadows 2009 Feather ‰ÛÒ pure-Cabernet Sauvignon relying heavily fruit from The Benches and Sagemoor‰۪s Weinbau ‰ÛÒ offers scents and palate-staining impressions of dark berries, spice cake, and tobacco. Thanks to bitter-edged herbal and damp earth elements it is, metaphorically speaking, cooler not to mention less confectionary than most of its stablemates. Finishing with length and sufficient complexity to intrigue, this will, I suspect, merit following for a decade. (DS)