Cline Rock Carved Cabernet Alexander Valley 750ml

Cline Rock Carved Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Alexander Valley, the warm northern Sonoma appellation where the days get hot and the nights drop hard enough to hold acidity in the fruit. That swing is why Alexander Valley Cabernet reads as plush rather than austere, and this bottle sits squarely in that tradition. Black cherry and cassis lead the nose with vanilla and a hint of cedar behind them. The palate is ripe and supple, with blackberry and cocoa over rounded tannin, and the finish turns savoury after the fruit fades. Open it half an hour before dinner and pour it with steak, short ribs or anything braised long and slow.

Cabernet SauvignonSonoma County