2023 Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon Sheoak Vineyard Pierre Paillard 96 points - Zekun Shuai

96 points - Zekun Shuai

brine and sea spray

white summer blossom and aromatic lemon

which has a lightly sweet spice to it

2023 Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon Sheoak Vineyard Pierre Paillard 96 points - Zekun ShuaiThe 2023 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Sheoak vineyard and leads with all the purity, precision and balance that we have come to expect from the glorious 2023 season. You get cassis, raspberry pip, dried herbs, sheets of nori, iodine and leather. The wine is potently intense; the fruit penetrates the palate and stains it with flavor. The wine is still opening up; it's so young as to be inchoate and with a long, bright future ahead.