This wine has consistently been an excellent performer. The fine Laurel Glen winery, which has made even better Cabernet Sauvignons during the decade of the nineties, fashioned a 1985 with plenty of jammy, sweet blackcurrant fruit, an element of smoke, herb, and licorice, full body, a complex, multidimensional personality, adequate acidity, and a lush, heady, glycerin and alcohol-imbued finish. The tannins appear to have completely melted away. Readers can expect well-stored examples of this fully mature Cabernet to last for at least 10-12 years.