Absolutely stunning, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Amoenus comes from a cooler site in the warmer Calistoga appellation and offers red and black fruits, spicy wood, graphite, and pencil lead aromatics. It's ripe, full-bodied, and powerful, with ample mid-palate depth, velvety tannins, and a blockbuster finish. This sensational Cabernet Sauvignon can be drunk today yet deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will see its 30th birthday in fine form. There are 325 cases produced. Drink 2025-2055.
98+ points, Jeb Dunnuck (Dec 2025)
Deep and dark-fruited with layers of spices, potpourri, earth, violets, cedar and licorice. The full-bodied palate offers a luscious mouthfeel, fine-tuned tannins and a bright line of acidity. There is a lovely tension and freshness beneath the density, leading to a complete, mouthwatering finish. Drink or hold.
96 points, Ryan Montgomery, James Suckling (Apr 2026)
Amoenus Vineyard is a rugged 19ha volcanic site in Calistoga, owned by Turnbull. Thomas Rivers Brown has worked deftly with fruit from this vineyard since 2009. The 2023 is impressively dense yet fresh, layered with ultra-inky black fruit, sage, tobacco and scorched-earth notes. Ripe tannins are sinewy and velvety at once, providing both muscle and polish. The full-bodied finish carries impressive length, with building wet-slate minerality and unsweetened cocoa-powder tannins.
96 points, Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter (Mar 2026)
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