PerryMoore "Solitaire" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Vin Chicago: 93 Points

How does a full-throttle, winery-aged Napa Valley Cab for less than half the winery's price sound? This blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot predominantly from Coombsville and Yountville vineyards, has rested ten years in the bottle and is now drinking at its peak. Boasting a rare combo of intensity, complexity, and smoothness, it offers opulent notes of preserved black cherries, cedar, blackberry compote, plum, and maple cream along with nuances of espresso, loam, mocha, mahogany, charcoal and dark chocolate. Pour it with double-cut Berkshire pork chops, steak au poivre or hearty Bourbon beef Bourgignon and you'll be in heaven. Other retailers and the winery sell this lush beauty for $100 - $110!