Cain, Cain Five Vintage:2007 The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard boasts gentle eucalyptus and vanilla shadings accenting bolder notes of cassis and black cherries

Thierry Allemand has been working the steep slopes just outside the town of Cornas since 1982

2013 and 2012 vintages

with freshness but no greenness

Initially there is a trace of reduction present though aggressive swirling is able to liberate a strikingly elegant

Cain, Cain Five Vintage:2007 The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Martha'sLot 7. Mid, very shaded garnet. Complex nose (and Im two thirds of the way through the tasting and this is the first time Ive used the word complex). Delicate and distinctive. Brooding and bloody. Round and rich. Just a little bit sweet on the end but a very good effort.