93pts Wine Enthusiast

This generously oaky wine offers a plush, broad mouthfeel that cradles extra-ripe black cherry, dark chocolate and blackberry flavors and coats the palate. The wine is rich, almost thick, with cinnamon, vanilla and cocoa accents and hints of sweetness on the finish. It contains 10% Malbec and dashes of Petit Verdot and Merlot.

90pts Wine Spectator

Boasts bitter plum, black cherry and boysenberry notes that make for a distinctive fruit profile, while melted licorice and sweet tobacco hang in the background. The toasty, rounded finish belies its mountain AVA. For fans of the fruit-forward style. Drink now through 2028. 925 cases made.

Winemaker Notes

The 2019 growing season started off with lots of winter rain and cold temperatures. Mild conditions continued throughout the summer with an occasional heat wave allowing the grapes to ripen slowly and evenly. The 2019 vintage was a high-quality and relatively large yielding vintage, with balanced acidity and superb flavors.

Tasting Notes

The 2019 J. Davies Diamond Mountain Estate Cabernet opens with voluptuous black fruit such as blueberry, black cherry, boysenberry and plum, accentuated by undertones of chocolate, cinnamon, blackberry compote, espresso, dark cocoa, prune, clove, mint and herbal notes. Supple tannins anchor the wine’s well-structured palate, where flavors of spiced red fruit and warm spices lead to a rich mouth-filling weight and a lengthy finish.