Napa Cab × 2

JC brought home two Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.

Futo Oakville 2006 and Dana Rutherford Napa Valley 2005

Futo comes with cool label.
The wine had black fruits, purple flower and herbs like dill or eucalyptus.
Smokiness and oak flavor. Good structure.
I'd never heard of this winery before but it was a good wine.

Dana's label is cute.
Its aromas were of ripe or over-ripe red fruit, caramel and vanilla.
JC had this wine when it was younger and said this would taste much much better after 10 years of ageing.

Both had high alcohol. Dana had 14.4% abv, and Futo had 15.3%! but didn't feel that alcoholic.
I guess the wine was well balanced.

Dana had more fruit and easier to drink, but Futo had more dimensions.