2018 Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark
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Lastly, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark is cut from the same cloth, with beautiful currant fruits, dried tobacco, camphor, spice, and chocolate notes, and it's a slightly deep, darker fruited wine than the Solari. Full-bodied, rich, and beautifully concentrated, with a mountain of tannins, it stays balanced, seamless, and lengthy. As with all these wines from Larkmead these days, the cellar is going to be your friend. Hide bottles for 7-8 years if you can, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 30-40 years.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark stands out in this range for its breadth and pure power. Rich, ample and resonant, the 2018 possesses impressive depth. Black cherry, plum, mocha, licorice, cloves and dark raspberry all flesh out with a bit of coaxing. There is plenty of structure, but there is more than enough fruit to balance things out nicely. The Lark is the biggest and most overt of the Cabernets. Hints of scorched earth, licorice, cedar and tobacco infuse the potent finish with striking complexity.
Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark (Black Label) was matured in 100% new French oak. Deep garnet-purple colored, it comes roaring out of the glass with powerful scents of warm cassis, baked black cherries, warm plums and dried Provence herbs with nuances of grilled meats, unsmoked cigars and licorice with a touch of tar. The full-bodied palate is densely laden with black fruit and savory layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note. 130 cases were made.
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon The Lark is deep, powerful and rich, but also massively tannic in the early going. Today, the Lark is a bit monolithic. Once again, I am not sure it is the most complete wine in this range. Dark red plum, chocolate, mocha, spice, smoke, leather and cedar develop with a bit of air, but the Lark remains pretty hard to read.