YAO MING Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

93 points, Wine Enthusiast, May 2021: “Earthy and leathery in concentrated layers of dark cherry and currant, this robust, generous wine is soft and well integrated in terms of both oak and tannin…overall richness and refined exuberance.”

Appearance is garnet red with purple hues.  Oakville is one of the most desirable mid-valley appellations, in the climatic center of Napa Valley Brooding fruit and firm structure, extra-long finish.  The fruit has barrel notes of spice and vanilla.  The palate is firm and has long tannin structure.  The 2017 growing season was an early vintage in the Napa Valley due to Labor Day heat.  We had good balance on the fruit wire.  This is a year that saw harvest complete by October 6.