The 2018 Scalon Priority Red Blend is a wine of mature complexity, gorgeous development, and the kind of seamlessly integrated Napa Valley red blend character that reveals the full depth of Scalon's blending vision after several years of graceful bottle evolution. "Priority" is an apt name for this flagship blend: it represents Scalon's highest expression of what Coombsville Napa Valley terroir can achieve when the best lots from across the estate are assembled with the singular intention of creating a wine greater than any of its individual components, a wine of layered complexity, structural harmony, and the kind of beautiful, food-serious personality that rewards every pour with increasing appreciation and pleasure. The 2018 California vintage, warm and generously ripe while retaining excellent natural acidity, provided outstanding base material that has developed magnificently in the bottle. Aromas of ripe dark plum, black cherry, cassis, warm cedar spice, graphite, mocha, baking spice, and a developing earthy complexity of real depth lead to a full-bodied, beautifully integrated palate of seamless texture, fine tannins, excellent balance, and a long, layered, deeply satisfying finish.