2014 Beau Vigne Cabernet Sauvignon Juliet

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Juliet has 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc added in and is a slightly larger cuvée of 535 cases, which must make the owners happy, since I liked it even more than the Romeo. This wine, which has an opaque blue/purple color to the edge of the glass, offers notes of pen ink, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur, camphor, charcoal embers, and some graphite and background oak. It is full-bodied and again has that layered, multi-tiered mid-palate and stunningly pure, rich finish with no heaviness. Everything is integrated beautifully in this full-throttle yet opulent style of wine to drink over the next two decades.