Vineyard 29 Aida Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 750ml

Vineyard 29's Aida Estate Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the winery's Aida Estate vineyard in Napa Valley, a site prized for rich, dark-fruited wines. The 2017 is 94% Cabernet Sauvignon with 3% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged 20 months in French oak. It offers crème de cassis, black raspberry, mulberry, plum and blueberry fruit with chocolate box, cigar, bay leaf and crushed flowers, on a medium- to full-bodied frame with ripe tannins and plenty of minerality. Jeb Dunnuck found it a touch more approachable than the winery's 29 Estate bottling, though still built to age. Now hitting its stride, it should drink well through 2035.