WA: 87-88 Drink: NA
In keeping with the vintage, the pleasant 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa (85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot and Malbec) is an elegant, somewhat one-dimensional, superficial effort with a dark ruby color as well as plum, cedar, herb, and fruit notes intermixed with wood smoke and spice box. It will be drinkable upon release in 2009, and will probably require immediate consumption given its evolved, fast-track style. In the mid-1980s, when this wine was so strong, there were just over 3,000 cases produced. Today that has risen to 32,000 cases.
