Rombauer Diamond Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine Spectator
  Juicy and focused, featuring red and black currant fruit, entwined with licorice, bramble and sweet tobacco notes. Subtle singed juniper and sassafras details chime through the background. Best from 2021 through 2032.
• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Composed of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot and 8% Merlot, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Selection has a deep garnet color, sashaying out of the glass with flirtatious scents of crème de cassis, kirsch, Black Forest cake and cinnamon stick plus suggestions of cigar box, fragrant soil and dried rose petals. Full-bodied, rich and decadently spicy in the mouth, it coats the palate with black fruit preserves and plush tannins, finishing long and perfumed.?

• 92 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: While I have always found the Rombauer Vineyards Diamond Selection Cabernet Sauvignon formidable, I have generally found its tannins a bit hard to navigate. The 2016 vintage shows a fine resolution of tannins. Its well-built aromas and flavors of black fruits, cassis, and oak should pair it famously with the first cut of a prime rib roast. (Tasted: December 3, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
• 92 James Suckling

  This has a very fresh array of vibrant, ripe-fruit aromas with a sense of sleek and plush tannin and a silky textural feel. A vibrant, elegant and plush array of fine, smooth tannins deliver intense and focused, dark-berry flavors at the finish. Drink or hold.