2016 Nickel & Nickel Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard is beautiful, with an elegant, complex style in its blue (and some red) fruits, lavender, spring flowers, and Asian spice aromas and flavors. Medium to full-bodied, with a lively, fresh style on the palate, it's certainly not a blockbuster but has purity, elegance, and length.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard is a pretty, fruity wine that shows a distinctly feminine side of this well-known St. Helena vineyard. Red and purplish berry fruit, spice and floral notes are nicely laced together. Silky, with soft curves and lovely balance, the Hayne is already quite delicious.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Hayne Vineyard (100% Cabernet) gives up cassis, kirsch, plums and spice box with cigars and cedar plus hints of lilacs. The palate is medium to full-bodied, fresh and elegant with firm, grainy tannins and a soft-spoken intensity.
There’s an impressive sense of polish to this pure cabernet sauvignon with ripe blackberry and blackcurrant aromas and flavors, delivered in attractively pure, neatly ripened style. Very balanced too. Drink or hold.