The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Bench Reserve is terrific, with beautiful cassis and assorted darker fruits as well as chocolaty oak, graphite, and some sage and floral nuances. It's up-front, medium to full-bodied, sweetly fruited, and has remarkable purity. Drink this pleasure-bent, sexy 2021 over the coming decade or more.

A medium- to full-bodied cabernet sauvignon with notes of mulberries, currants, roasted meat, tar and stones. Firm tannins with a chewy character. It's serious and well-driven with discreet fruit at the center. Compact finish. Try after 2025.

Potent oak char, cedar and clove aromas yield to mouthfilling, high-octane dried fruit flavors, toasted coconut and smoked beef. To say the least, it's a brawny, tannic, tooth-staining wine with maximum oak character. Best from 2028.