Antinori Family Estate Antica Napa Valley - 2007 (750ml) Merlot As the wine sits in

As the wine sits in the glass

atypically backward Cabernet Sauvignon does not possess Silver Oak's usual approachability and precociousness

The dense ruby/purple-colored 1997 boasts a lavishly pure nose of blackberries

The finest wine made at this estate since 1982

Antinori Family Estate Antica Napa Valley - 2007 (750ml) Merlot As the wine sits inGrown on Antinori's original property, high on Atlas Peak, although you'd never know it from searching the front or back labels. It's a very fine wine, dry and elegantly constructed, with little of the baby fat over the topness that affects some Napa Cabs. Within that firm structure are extraordinarily complex blackberry, black currant and spicy plum flavors. Delicious now despite the firm tannins, and should develop over the next 810 years, at least