2022 Baldacci Stags Leap Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon: Floral and spice notes immediately set the stage for a darker, denser expression of Napa cabernet, which helps add nuance to what is otherwise a dense and brooding wine, stuffed full with black fruit, cocoa powder, cedar, and tobacco. The wine twists and turns its way through a variety of dessert tones, though fine tannins and ample acidity manage to keep everything balanced and in check. The proverbial hammer in the velvet glove.