Cabernet Sauvignon

Shoulder to Shoulder with Caymus, Round Pond, and Staglin We met John Williams at a Locust Street eatery in Philadelphia in 1982. We already knew quite a bit about the young winemaker who had helped craft one of the most talked-about wines in Napa Valley history, the 1973 Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, a bottle that…

Here’s your chance to grab an exclusive bottle (or six) of a prime 2013 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The mid-2010s saw some awesome vintages for Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa, but most of the bottles of the powerful vintage were quickly snapped up upon the initial release. Rarely do you see a 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon still…

“The Mouton-Rothschild of Australia” We love a good simile. And James Suckling gave us the best one ever, when he called Leeuwin Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon “the Mouton-Rothschild of Australia.” So, then, just how does this Australian First Growth compare to the tried and true Bordeaux First Growths? One glance at our chart, and you’ll…

Shawna Miller’s Call to Paso Robles … and the NDA In late 2013, every head in Napa Valley turned toward the South.Wine Enthusiast proclaimed Paso Robles as its “2013 Wine Region of the Year,” elating Central Coast winemakers. The news did not surprise those of us who have been following the region’s rise. Wine Enthusiast…

Parker’s Greatest Vintage in 37 Years: 2013 Napa Valley Collection Any critic worth their salt will tell you that 2013 was a PHENOMENAL year for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Just how phenomenal? Robert Parker gave the vintage 98 points, doling out an unprecedented 19 scores reaching the 100-point summit. Antonio Galloni, Parker’s slightly stingier protégé,…

Parker’s Greatest Vintage in 37 Years: 2013 Napa Valley Collection Any critic worth their salt will tell you that 2013 was a PHENOMENAL year for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Just how phenomenal? Robert Parker gave the vintage 98 points, doling out an unprecedented 19 scores reaching the 100-point summit. Antonio Galloni, Parker’s slightly stingier protégé, coughed up…

The blue-chip estates that dot the steep slopes of Oakville’s “Magic Road” don’t need to call attention to themselves — Dalla Valle, Phelps’ Backus Vineyard, Peter Michael’s Oakville Vineyard (formerly Showket), and David Ramey’s Pedregal. Finally, at 1,400 feet elevation, high above the fog line, sits one of the most prized properties in Napa Valley…

When a great vintage and some of the top talent in the wine world combine, you can bet there will be magic in the bottle. That’s exactly what’s in the 2013 Patel Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, a gorgeous, perfectly aged US-exclusive from a Wine Access favorite.  Patel’s last library Cab wowed our notoriously tough-to-please Cabernet…

“This is a big-time winner” -Robert Parker, Jr. When Miles MacDonnell was a kid, his father would pile the whole family in the car and head up to Napa Valley for the weekend, purportedly to buy fresh-pressed olive oil. But, eventually, Bob MacDonnell caught the same bug that’s afflicted so many Bay Area entrepreneurs. In…

96+pt Oakville Cabernet — Jeff Ames’ Steady Climb to the Top Jeff worked a memorable harvest under Lynn Penner-Ash in Oregon, but then found the winery couldn’t support him full-time. Always hustling, Ames applied for a job at Wine Spectator’s tasting department — James Laube remembered his “knowledge and passion for wine,” and “figured he…