Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2013 (45+ year old vines)

(45+ year old vines)

concentrated and gently sweet

and blueberry

A more complex nose reflects notes of a range of primarily red berry fruit

40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Gris

Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2013 (45+ year old vines)The other 2013 offered in my tasting was the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortis, which is a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 3% Merlot. An absolutely spectacular offering from Pine Ridge and one of their all time great Cabernet Sauvignons, this prodigious blend has an inky purple color to the rim and a gorgeous nose of charcoal, asphalt, graphite, blueberry, blackberry and cassis, while not a trace of oak seems to make it through. The wine