The 2016 Purlieu Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 3L is a monumental large-format expression of one of Napa Valley's most respected boutique Cabernet programs — a 3L double-magnum from one of the valley's finest recent vintages, now approaching a magnificent peak drinking window after a decade of measured, graceful development in the large-format bottle. The 2016 Napa Valley vintage is celebrated across the wine world for its combination of exceptional concentration, natural freshness, and classical proportion, and Purlieu's blend from this vintage has benefited enormously from the slow, even aging that the 3L format uniquely provides. Today, the wine delivers aromas of ripe blackcurrant, dark cherry, graphite, cedar, warm earth, violet, and a complex tertiary note of tobacco and dried herbs that speaks of real bottle maturity and depth. The palate is full-bodied, sumptuously textured, and beautifully structured, with tannins now fully integrated and a finish of extraordinary persistence and elegance.