Cabernet Sauvignon

Crafted by Wine Access-favorite Julien Fayard (whose Le Pich is one of our best-selling Cabernets of all time), the 2017 Purlieu Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet hails from Andy Beckstoffer’s 90-acre portion of To Kalon, the most famous 240 acres in all of Napa Valley. All of Andy’s parcel is on the site planted by…

Quilceda Creek’s Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the timeless icons of American winemaking, a collectible that no serious cellar is complete without. Founded by a Russian émigré in 1978, the family-run estate has magnified Washington State’s finest terroirs into a single-variety expression whose sheer power, seamless integration, and silky polish rank with the greatest in…

Collectors, this is the moment to snap up a real gem for your cellar, a complex and generous achievement from the Midas-like Thomas Rivers Brown that will reward you for the next 15-20 years. Dunnuck calls it “concentrated and textured,” and “a straight-up brilliant Cabernet.” One look at our chart above will explain what a…

The 2017 Keenan Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley won’t last long. Crafted by 100-point master Nils Venge, Keenan Cabs regularly sell out among Wine Access members, who have given the winery a 4.5-out-of-5-star rating over 25+ releases. Perched on the jagged peaks of Spring Mountain in northwest Napa Valley, Keenan occupies some elite terroir. From their…

100-Point Winemaking With A Happy Hour Price Sandwiched between Andy Beckstoffer’s Georges III Vineyard and Caymus headquarters, Round Pond Estate sits in a pristine location better known for triple-digit price tags than bargain red blends.Vibrant, just-picked blue and black fruit offer a warm invitation to this velvety red. Remarkably well-balanced, soft tannins and undercurrents of…

We’ve developed a special affinity for Cabernets that cost less than $100. There aren’t many, because there aren’t many Cabernets that fit in with the cream of Napa Valley at a fraction of the price.  One of our favorites—which we buy for ourselves, steer our friends toward, and evangelize to strangers about—is the Rudd Estate Crossroads Cabernet. Sourced…

The 2017 Sling & Spear Cabernet Sauvignon doesn’t come from good vineyards, or even great ones. It comes from LEGENDARY ones. The label’s parent estate doesn’t work with anything less. Crafted by a Napa Valley veteran with a slew of top-flight estates on his résumé, Sling & Spear Cab hails from vineyards in Oakville, Yountville,…

Robert Parker never hid his admiration for Oakville.  “Tasting that corridor,” he wrote, “going from the east-side hills, where you have some great wineries, right through the valley floor and up to the Mayacamas Mountains, where Harlan is, I really see that as the tenderloin of Napa Valley. The wines there just have an extra…

We wanted this wine—wanted it badly. Rich and full on the palate, with ripe, supple tannins that beautifully counter the warm dense fruit, kissed with Madagascar vanilla and new leather. A 100-point winemaker in Keith Emerson, the mastermind behind Vineyard 29’s latest Cabernet blockbuster releases. A rave 95-point review from James Suckling. And a price…

We gave simple, bottom-line advice on our initial release of Joey Tensley’s phenomenal 2017 Fundamental Cabernet Sauvignon from California’s Central Coast: Figure out how exactly how much you’ll need. Then order double.  But Wine Access veteran Mark Matlock, a man who’s purchased over 150 wines over eight years, may have put it best: “Perhaps the…