Lots of blackberries and walnuts on the nose with some violets. Full-bodied, yet lively and agile, with polished tannins that run across the palate and show class and focus. Bright and vivid. Needs three or four years to come together. One of the best I have had from here. Try after 2024.
96 points, James Suckling (Mar 2022)
Made with Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Arcanum (in a heavy glass bottle) is all power and brawn, especially in this vintage that concluded with warm temperatures at the end of the growing season. This is an inky and impenetrable wine with thick layers of black fruit, blackberry preserves, grilled rosemary and exotic spice. It ages in French oak for 12 months with 60% new oak. Production is 20,000 bottles.
95 points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (Sep 2023)
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