93pts Vinous

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a blend mostly from Sleeping Lady and Martinez, with a bit of fruit from Coombsville. The blend of sites works especially well in this brutally challenging vintage. The Reserve has plenty of heft, but it also boasts a good bit of aromatic expressiveness and overall vibrancy.

Winemaker Notes

Julien’s 2022 Reserve Cabernet celebrates the opulence of the vintage with succulent fruit, full -bodied luxury and tantalizing aromatics. The nose swirls with notes of toasted cedar, vanilla bean, rum raisin ice cream and blackcurrant, with a delicate hint of dried basil. Ripe black and red fruits burst in the mouth with layers of Santa Rosa plum, Damson plum, boysenberry and milk chocolate melding seamlessly into one another. Very fine, soft tannins offer graceful mineral-infused structure, while layers of graphite and baking spice linger through a satisfying finish of crème de cassis, cranberry and fresh raspberry notes.