Story Brook The Max Cabernet Blend SA 2012 750ml
This Bordeaux-style blend from South Africa definitely has the backbone to properly represent its feisty namesake, Max, the vineyard's Jack Russell terrier. Bold and tannic, this blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and equal parts Malbec, Cab Franc and Petit Verdot begs for an hour or two in a decanter. Do so and you will be rewarded with complex layers of dark berries, tobacco, bramble and coffee flavors. Very good stuff here.