Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Despite its labeled 15.5% alcohol, Noon's 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve doesn't come across as hot, just powerful. It's a restrained power, held in check by a framework of elegant pencil shavings and minty notes. A big wine on the palate, it's loaded up with cassis fruit, ample weight and layers of velvety tannins, yet it finishes with plenty of persistence, elegance and complexity.

Jul/Aug 14 by Josh Raynolds - Inky purple. The exotically perfumed bouquet evokes spicy redcurrant, cherry and blueberry, with smoke and vanilla nuances adding complexity. Sappy and precise on the palate, offering sweet dark fruit flavors that show liqueur-like depth and surprising vivacity. Closes on a gently tannic note, with excellent clarity, repeating spiciness and real cling.