2023 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon “The Carter”, Napa Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97 Points
Beautiffully fruity and focused, the aromas of this immediately attractive Cabernet pour forth as a concentrated medley of black cherry, cassis, boysenberry, vanilla, toasted cedar, hazelnut nougat and licorice root. The flavors are just as forthcoming and deliver much of the weighty elegance of Carter’s To Kalon Vineyard Cabs, while the lingering flavors of black cherry, cassis, licorice root, graphite and dark pipe tobacco are already a satisfying pleasure. Expect at least four years of steady improvement, as this wine seems poised to become ever better.