2011 Dana Estates "Lotus Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon elegant and addictively good

elegant and addictively good

perhaps due to the air flow through its combe

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with high-toned aromatics and bright fruit

sage and melted black licorice

2011 Dana Estates "Lotus Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon elegant and addictively goodThe 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard is a wine of pure texture. Soft, seamless and gracious, the 2011 has no hard edges and hugely attractive, layered personality. Juicy red berries, menthol, licorice, cloves and vanillin flesh out on the generous, inviting finish. Today, the Lotus is the most accessible of Dana's 2011. The 2011 Lotus was fermented in a combination of oak and cement tanks, after which it spent 20 months in oak. The average time