2015 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
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A great follow-up to the stunning 2014, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is a big, ripe, sexy wine that's very much in the style of this vintage. Currants, black raspberries, spice box, incense, cedar, and some vanilla oak notes all flow to a rich, powerful 2015 that has loads of sweet fruit, no hard edges, and sweet tannins. Drink this bonafide fruit bomb any time over the coming 15 years or more.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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Buccella's 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is an outrageously beautiful wine. It is also going to need a least a few years to shed some of its considerable baby fat. Inky, flamboyant and super-concentrated, the 2015 almost tastes like a barrel sample, so primary is its fruit! Silky tannins and plush textures only add to the wine's considerable appeal. I am very intrigued to see how the 2015 ages, although I doubt most readers will have the patience to find out. This sumptuous, racy Cabernet has so much to offer.
Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon gives up bags of earth-inspired scents—mossy bark, tilled soil truffles and underbrush—with a crème de cassis and baked plum nose plus touches of cigar box and Chinese five spice. Full-bodied, concentrated and exuding tons of baked berries and exotic spice layers, it has a chewy texture and slightly warm finish.