2007 Swanson "Alexis" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

One 750ml bottle

Voluptuous, celebratory, and exquisitely finessed, this bewitchingly original Cabernet Sauvignon stands tall among Napa Valley's blockbuster Cabernets. Highlighting the very finest of Swanson’s celebrated Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Oakville, the "Alexis" is a wine lover's wonderland: complex, aromatically beguiling and as powerfully elegant now as ten years forward. A consistent Swanson Vineyards classic with a cult-like following, mouth-watering richness, and a friendly price tag, which makes buying a case of this rare gem irresistible. 
 
Unfined and unfiltered for maximum flavor intensity and texture, the wine is dark garnet in color. The aroma is dominated by ripe black currant, anise and blackberry. In the mouth this wine speaks with considerable authority. The first impression is one of sweet fruit and sumptuous tannins, leading to a very silky, firm texture in the mid-palate. The wine is very long in the mouth, with a finish that is thick, supremely well-balanced, with layer upon layer of deep, dark cassis and espresso, coupled with sweet oak in the background. 

Black currant, anise, blackberry, cassis, espresso, sweet oak