with a deep and layered core of fruit that's discreetly underpinned by succulent acids and sweet

Impressive

and dark cherries

and sensual wine that requires time to unfold its full potential

Promontory, Napa Valley, 2012, 75cl 100RP with a deep and layeredThe 2012 Promontory, which is the softest vintage to date, was slightly better this year than last year, as it had rounded out. It does not have the depth of the 2013, but it is a great wine on its own merits. Notes of new saddle leather, loamy soil, and crushed rock intermingle with blackcurrants, plum, tobacco leaf and spice in a full bodied, wonderfully pure and large scaled style with ripe, well integrated tannin. It is accessible enough to enjoy,