Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale 2005
(Sonoma County, California) - [WA 93]

Notes from the Winemaker:
Since 1992 Arrowood has been making Reserve designate Cabernet Sauvignon. The same passion that inspired it then, continues today. This is Arrowood's signature Cabernet Sauvignon, composed of the finest barrels of wine sourced from select vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Lush, layered and complex, this wine captures the fingerprint of the variety, the character of terroir, and our finest representation of the vintage.

93 Points - Wine Advocate:
"A beautiful wine made by Dick Arrowood, it includes four sources for this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 30 months in a combination of primarily French (80%) and the rest American oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, this wine, coming from four Sonoma Valley vineyards (Smothers-Remick Ridge, Murray, Monte Rosso and Lasseter) has a dense ruby/purple color, a youthful nose of cedar wood, vanilla, blackcurrants, licorice and graphite. It is full-bodied and ripe, with beautifully sweet tannin, adequate acidity and impressive purity, length and richness. Combining both power and elegance, this wine can be drunk now or cellared for another 12-15+ years." - Robert Parker (June 2015)