Luigi d'Alessandro (Manzano), Syrah Migliara Vintage:2008 The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Monte Bello Vineyard is composed of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon

everything modern

showing the concentration and longevity (in every sense) of old vines

with remarkable precision and class

but there is a depth to it

Luigi d'Alessandro (Manzano), Syrah Migliara Vintage:2008 The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon EstateThe single vineyard 2008 Cortona Syrah Migliara fleshes out beautifully in the glass with layers of dark red fruit that fill out the wines broad shouldered frame nicely. The Migliara is at once more perfumed and higher toned than Il Bosco, with an expression of fruit that tends towards the red end of the spectrum. Fine, polished tannins round out the creamy finish. Here, too, the wine remains extremely primary with little in the way of aromatic