Axios Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

The 2012 (once again 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the same aging regimen) is a sexy, dramatic, ostentatious style of Cabernet Sauvignon, with loads of ripe blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, some licorice, graphite and forest floor. It is full-bodied, opulent and sexy.

Fruit comes from the 30 acre Bianchini Ranch on Atlas Peak (Axios purchases most if not all of the entire vineyard’s production each year). This site has a unique, dusty aromatic profile that is readily identifiable in a lineup of Napa Cabernet. While the wine is broad and weighty, alcohol is well in check at 14.4%.