2013 Mark Ryan Cabernet Sauvignon Lonely Heart
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(a barrel selection; aged in 79% new oak): Bright ruby. Very sexy oak tones sweeten the aromas of cassis, blueberry, licorice and graphite minerality. Sweet blueberry and blackberry flavors are supported by a firm spine of acidity and a stony underpinning. Tight-grained and penetrating but not hard. Still, this subtly saline wine, from soil featuring fractured basalt and river rocks (including a good percentage of Ciel du Cheval vines planted in 1982), needs time. Finishes with smooth tannins and noteworthy perfumed length. At once oakier and a bit more polished than the Dead Horse Cabernet.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The flagship cuvee is the 2013 Lonely Heart Cabernet Sauvignon, which is an old vine Cabernet Sauvignon dominated blend that includes a tiny splash of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Aged 21 months in 79% new French oak, it’s a full-bodied, incredibly polished, elegant 2013 that has lots of red and black currants, graphite, toasted spice, and lead pencil aromas and flavors. There’s a satin-like texture to the tannin, it has solid mid-palate depth and a great finish, all suggesting it will be long lived. Give bottles 3-4 years and enjoy over the following two decades.