The Wines / 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon
Current release · California
Bold, dark fruit flavors of blackberry and cassis, balanced against subtle oak. Well-structured, with velvet-like tannins and a lingering finish — a hundred-dollar résumé poured at a weeknight price.
750ml · 12×750ml case · SRP $28 · UPC 850055125155
Tasting
Blackberry, cassis and blue fruit with floral lift, then espresso, cedarwood and a curl of toasty oak.
Medium- to full-bodied. Blueberry and black cherry compote through the middle, pie spice at the seams, velvet-like tannins holding the shape.
Long and savory — saddle leather, earth and tobacco, with firm muscular tannin that promises cellar time.
In the cellar
Fruit is drawn from three counties — Napa Valley for structure, Sonoma for lift, Mendocino for aromatic top notes — and fermented in small lots so each block can be judged on its own before blending.
Aging runs twelve months in 100% second-use French oak. That choice is deliberate: seasoned barrels give the wine oxygen and polish without laying vanilla and coconut over the top of it. What you taste is Cabernet, not cooperage.
| Vintage | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Appellation | California |
| Composition | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Sourcing | Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Mendocino County |
| Fermentation | Small-lot, temperature controlled |
| Oak | 12 months, 100% second-use French oak |
| Alcohol | 14.9% |
| pH / TA | 3.68 / 5.7 g/L |
| Residual sugar | 2.1 g/L |
| Closure | Cork |
| UPC | 850055125155 |
| Winemaker | Kevin Morrisey |
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is Kevin Morrisey’s final vintage for Erikson & Caradin — the wine that earned a 94 from Decanter and closed a chapter that started at Château Pétrus.
At the table
Ribeye, hanger, short rib — char and cassis were made for each other.
Rosemary, garlic, a little pink in the middle.
Aged cheddar and pecorino stand up to the tannin.
62–65°F. Decant an hour. Cellar through 2033.
A bold, attractive Cabernet with firm, muscular tannins — dark-toned savoury spices redolent of saddle leather, earth and tobacco.Decanter · 94 points
Downloads
Tech sheet and high-resolution bottle shot for the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon.
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