Dunn - Howell Mountain 2004

Cultivation: conventional

Aging: 18 months in barrique

Bottle aging: several months

Volume: 75 cl

Cellaring potential: 2029+

Reticent but promising blackberry and black currant fruit as well as licorice aromas jump from the glass of this inky/purple-colored 2004. Rich and broad with sweeter tannins than one expects in a ten-year-old Dunn Cabernet, it reveals impressive richness, power and purity, but is still an adolescent in terms of its evolution. Slightly more evolved than the Dunn Cabernets of the early and mid-1980s, it can be drunk now or cellared for another 20-25 years. 94/100 (04.2014) - robertparker.com