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"This wine is made to highlight the vintage and best vineyards, relying heavily on the producer's top-end site, Sacrashe. A hugely constructed wine...

"Plenty of spicy dried berries, iodine and light earth. Bark and lead pencil, too. Medium to full body and firm, polished tannins. Savory, so compl...

"Lots of black pepper and dark fruits with plums on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, tannic and powerful. So muscular. Flexing. Form and chewiness...

"The backbone of this blend comes from Ink Grade (on the back side of Howell Mountain), which provides the framework and structure to carry this wi...

"The 2008 Samantha’s (formerly called Crossroads) is a blend of primarily Cabernet Sauvignon with 14% Cabernet Franc and small quantities of Merlot...

"Yeasty and buttery like fresh-baked bread, this wine shows layers of high-toned cranberry flavor and soft, integrated tannin. Lightly dusted in bl...

"This is very tight grained and beautifully balanced with violets, crushed stones and a brambleberry character. Extremely aromatic and perfumed. Me...

"The original wine from the Oakville Estate Vineyard is a relatively small cuvée of 546 cases. The 2012 Proprietary Red Estate is a blend of 72% Ca...

"This delivers a taut, focused core of mocha, espresso-laced blackberry, dusty earth, dried herb and tobacco leaf flavors, ending with a cedary cig...

Roy Estate’s scenic 17-acre vineyard lies just south of the Stags Leap District, where cooler Napa Valley conditions and diverse soils produce two ...

“Another one of my favorites is the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon CCS, which is clone 4 from the To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville. This is aged in 100% new ...

"The 2013 CJ is a 80% Cabernet Sauvignon with the balance Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot blend aged 18 months in about one-fifth new Frenc...

“This is a red with amazing structure and muscle yet it remains fresh and agile. Full body, chewy and polished tannins. Salty with chili and sweet ...

"A wine with currant and blackberry aromas and flavors. Full body, fine tannins and a long and beautiful finish. Lovely tension and finesse." 93/10...

"Faust is a tribute to Napa Valley's noblest grape, full-bodied, decadently rich and unctuous Cabernet Sauvignon. Rich, juicy blackberry, blueberry...

"Winemaker Dave Phinney expects to bottle a bit more than 6,000 cases of the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Mercury Head, what he calls a "typical volume"...

"The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve comes in a unique bottle that is similar to the special bottle used by Joseph Phelps for their Insignia (which...

"The longer this wine breathes in the glass the better it gets. At first sip, it's obviously a very good wine, richly tannic and deeply impressive ...

"This is sourced and designed according to soil type and comes from four parcels on the eastern side of the Alexander Valley, all on volcanic hills...

"This was a magical showing for the 1992 Monte Bello—and the best bottle I've ever encountered... stunningly vibrant and youthful, bursting from th...

"Absolutely spectacular, the 1991 Monte Bello comes from a low tannin year where the estate was wondering how well the wine would age. I'm happy to...

"Snappy aromas of boysenberry and black raspberry mark a somewhat lighter, brighter spin on this classic blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Caber...

"The anomaly in the Shafer portfolio is the Relentless, which is created from the southern foothills of the Vaca mountain range and was debuted lar...

Impetuous is handcrafted at Checkerboard Vineyards, a 300-acre Napa Valley estate that spans an entire, undivided mountainside. The estate’s four s...

"This is a very tight Onda, showing beautiful balance and brightness with blackberries and blueberries and chocolate undertones. Full body and rich...

"Lots of blackberry and black currant aromas here. Full body, soft and silky tannins and a fresh finish. Drink now." 97/100 - James Suckling

"Made from essentially the same blend, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon is slightly more exotic with evolved aromas of white flowers, creme de cassis, l...

Scribe Winery, established in 2007 in Sonoma, California, is located on a historic property known for pre-Prohibition winemaking in Sonoma Valley. ...

"2014 Checkerboard Kings Row remains an expression of the Aurora Vineyard which is located in a small valley midway up Diamond Mountain on a large ...

"Smoky leather and cigar make for a formidable entry on the nose before huge, layered tannins rise to the fore. A balance of acidity and brightness...

The Arkenstone Estate Cabernet (formerly Obsidian) is made entirely from Howell Mountain fruit, grown between 1400–1650’. Howell Mountain’s rocky s...

Vineyard notes: "This wine represents the finest lots from the Reserve Vineyard on the Groth family’s Oakville Estate. The vineyard is a nearly 28-...

"Full bright ruby. Lively, nuanced scents of black raspberry, licorice, mocha, coffee, tobacco and soil, lifted by a subtle floral topnote. Suave, ...

"The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 is a smoking effort from this team. Revealing a deep purple color and stunning notes of blackcurrants and blac...

"Dark and burly, featuring ganache and tobacco notes out front, followed by a core of steeped plum, blackberry and black currant fruit. Shows ample...

Winery notes: "The 2014 Kyla Bordeaux Blend displays loads of forest floor, spring flowers, blueberry, and black raspberry fruit with a hint of mul...

"The 2012 Obsidian Proprietary Red is a 580-case blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. ...

"Also perfect, yet in a very different style, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate can be thought of as mix of the 2010 and 2015. Classic Cabernet no...

"This zeroes in on a rich, hedonistic core of wild berry, blackberry, plum and currant flavors, with a graceful, elegant mouthfeel and supple, care...

"An absolute stunner is the 2013 Proprietary Red Wine, a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 6% Malbec and the rest Cabernet Franc and Peti...

 "Just a beautiful wine here. Multifaceted and multilayered, the wine is full-bodied, rich, concentrated, and ripe. Situated perfectly on the corne...