Freemark Abbey, Napa Valley, Bosche Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 SPAIN licorice and chocolate-laced finish

licorice and chocolate-laced finish

Deep ruby-red

lush and concentrated big-bodied flavors coat the palate with sap before culminating in a youthfully austere

This is one of the greatest wines of the vintage

violets and a deft framing of vanillin oak

Freemark Abbey, Napa Valley, Bosche Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 SPAIN licorice and chocolate-laced finish94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2004 Cabernet Bosche Vineyard, which sits on alluvial, gravelly soils in Rutherford and is one of Napas most famous vineyards, is absolutely brilliant. The blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot spent 24 months in French oak. This one is still young for a 2004. Its dense purple color, big sweet kiss of cola, vanilla, cedarwood, oodles of black currants and dark cherries, a hint of licorice and