Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Professional Ratings

• 95 Jeb Dunnuck
  Deep purple-colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon offers a beautiful bouquet of crème de cassis, graphite, and spicy wood that develops nicely with additional time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and silky on the palate, with terrific purity, it has building tannins and a great finish, all giving it an accessible yet also age-worthy feel. It will keep for two decades. This cuvée is 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, 4% Malbec, and the balance Merlot, brought up in 80% new French oak.
• 95 Decanter

  Impressively intense and concentrated with vibrant blackcurrant, pomegranate, red cherry and leather. A classy wine with ripe, integrated tannins and a wonderfully lingering finish.

• 93 Wine Spectator
  Combines structure with elegance and polish, offering expressive black berry, mocha and thyme accents that take on richness toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2025.
• 92 James Suckling
  There’s a very attractive plum and spice feel to the nose with a wealth of ripe dark berries and a thread of chocolate on offer here, as well as hints of spice. Ripe, thicker-grained tannins. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Merlot. Drink or hold.
• 91 Wine Enthusiast

  Dried herbs, cherry jam, graphite and spice lead to ripe, full, fleshy fruit flavors that linger. It comes off as quite ripe but has a pleasing yum factor and a fine sense of acidity. Best after 2026.

• 91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Showing power and elegance on the nose, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon focuses more on aromas of dark fruits and sturdy oak, with a pronounced minerality. The full-bodied palate shows more complexity than the nose leads on, with a bold and tight structure of dense blackberry and cassis tones that make way for a firm tannic grip. The wine lingers on the long finish with nuances of wet river rock, bitter dark chocolate and graphite. Give this one some time in the cellar. 2,744 cases were made. Rating: 91+