2021 Bella Oaks 'Le Genie' Cabernet Sauvignon

The Le Genie bottling is primarily from younger vines off the Bella Oaks estate in Rutherford, along with some purchased fruit, including Cabernet Franc from Cappella and Petit Verdot from Ecotone. Bella Oaks is owned by Suzanne Deal Booth, with Nigel Kinsman as winemaker and Michel Rolland as consulting winemaker, with whom Kinsman has worked since 2003. It is super aromatic with pure blue fruit tones, fragrant capsicum, spearmint, and cedarwood. Plush and full-bodied, with velvety smooth, fine tannins and a profoundly rich core of dark-berry fruit nuanced by savoury herbs and Indian spices and a saline-mineral finish.

This pretty, elegant and refined red is full-bodied yet rather light in silky tannins. Made from 80% cabernet sauvignon, 11% cabernet franc and 9% petit verdot. Moderate tannins and a full body support red and black cherry, blackcurrant and spearmint flavors.