Grace Lane Cabernet Sauvignon

Liked this bottle. Not a fruit bomb and a nice low ABV for a CA cab (13.9%) vs. where CA cabs are topping out these days at 15%+.

Beautiful dark color, nose of violets, spice and ripe blueberries. Smooth and silky, fully integrated tannins and round flavors of dark plums, blueberry. Delicious.

One-dimensional on the nose and palate. It's possible it will improve with age as the tannins are still harsh, as if it's a newly bottled wine, not a 2012. All I got was red fruit tannin and alcohol.

Taste Cabernet Sauvignon Under $30 (San Diego Wine Co.) : N: Ripe, earth, vanilla, berries P: LM body; NICE frt met by puckerish astringency which pretty much maintains through the LONG, ULT almost swtish finish. Needs ~ 2 more yrs of cellaring, IMHO. [This vendor's $29.99 ties the only other current wine-searcher listing.]

Really harsh on the start. Opened up in the end.

The community said drink in 2015. They were right, wine was dead but was very complex and could've been really good in 2015. If buying in future age it 3 to 4 years.

Taste June's Top Picks (San Diego Wine Co.) : N: RIPE berries with undertones of choc P: Med, poss MF, body; Almost swtish frt met by an astringent PUCKER which SOMEWHAT irons itself out by the LONG, dustily tannic finish. Still needs several yrs, but would seem to have the frt for such. [As of early Apr '20, wine-searcher shows no sources for this vintage] Addendum: Also tasted on 12/16/17

Good wine yet a bit more difficult to open due to waxed over cork end. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like cherry and plum. It tastes like black currant (cassis), blueberry and dust. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

Tough bottle to open. Decent wine for price.

Easy drinking, if made in the Terlato style. Works it out at $12 if you see it for that.