Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (750ml) *

Sonoma Mountain sits high above the fog line, and Cabernet grown there tends toward focus and firmness rather than sheer weight. This 2021 Counterpoint is the more approachable bottling from Laurel Glen, a Cabernet Sauvignon built to show the mountain's character without demanding years of patience.

The color is deep and near opaque, and the nose leads with red plum lifted by menthol and pine, with a savory edge of leather underneath. It's full-bodied and fleshy on the palate, ripe in feel but held together by chalky tannins that build as you go, carrying through to an even, unhurried finish. A wine that rewards drinking over the next several years.