The 2017 Nicholson Jones Proprietary Cuvée is a wine of exceptional character, beautifully developed complexity, and the kind of seamlessly assembled Napa Valley red blend personality that showcases the full breadth and ambition of the Nicholson Jones winemaking philosophy in one of the most compelling and age-worthy recent expressions of this signature house blend. The 2017 California vintage, marked by the contrast of a wet winter and a warm, concentrated growing season that produced red wines of outstanding depth, natural richness, and the structural integrity for genuine long-term development, gave the Nicholson Jones Proprietary Cuvée an exceptional foundation of concentrated, richly flavored fruit with the natural balance and fine tannin structure that continues to reward patient cellaring with increasing complexity and satisfaction. Now with several years of graceful bottle evolution, this wine is entering a secondary drinking window of outstanding quality: aromas of rich dark cherry, blackcurrant, graphite, cedar, dried violet, mocha, warm spice, and a developing earthy mineral complexity lead to a full-bodied, beautifully integrated palate with excellent structural harmony and a finish of real length and distinction.