Orin Swift Cellars The Prisoner 2008

Great color, deep, dark garnet with a clean and bright red band in the rim. The aromas take a minute to come up, and then they take off into a blend of ripe berry and cherry with just a hint of new oak. We age the wine in both new ... more

Cliff Lede Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District opens with initial scents of rich raspberry, fig compote, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cardamom. Once decanted, abundant aromas of iris root, lilac, osmanthus, pie crust, fenugreek, citral, and huckleberry burst from the glass. Upon entry, the mouth is stimulated by black cherries, white pepper, ... more

Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Hillside Select is aged a full four years prior to release (three years in Alliers and Tronçais oak barrels and one year in the bottle). While enjoyable today, this wine will gain richness and maturity with up to 20 years of careful cellaring. more

Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1995

An impression of black currants, red berries and vanilla, which open into mint, cedar and sweet brown spices like nutmeg and allspice. Flavors that are big and explosive, but also balanced, with a finish that goes on forever.  more

Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

Our 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is selected from our finest Napa Valley vineyards, sites that yield complex, long-lived wines. Each of these exceptional vineyards has a distinct personality – a combination of specific site, mesoclimate, soils, clonal selections and cultivation techniques -- that contributes layers upon layers of flavors to ... more

Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve reflects both an exceptional vintage and extraordinary quality fruit from several highly acclaimed Napa Valley vineyards. These vineyards, because of outstanding clones, soils, microclimates and cultivation techniques, consistently produce wines with great complexity, structure and aging potential. The wine explodes with rich aromas of cassis, ... more

Dominus Napa Valley Red 2005

Dominus 2005 is dark red, almost deep crimson in color. The nose is dense and compact, filled with dark berries, blond tobacco, black cherries and cacao. The entry is both powerful and supple, spherical in quality. Perfectly ripe, the enveloped tannins are firm, round and elegant. Black fruit and licorice ... more

Beringer Bancroft Ranch Merlot 1996

Smaller-than-normal yields and especially warm weather in August produced highly concentrated grapes and the especially rich blueberry and blackberry aromas and flavors of this wine. Bancroft Ranch Merlot has a quality I can only describe as all-around richness. Unlike some Merlots I've tasted, the wine from Bancroft has no `hole ... more

Opus One Napa Valley Red 1999

Winemaker's Notes Opus One is known for its exquisite texture, and the 1999 vintage is no exception. The wine shows aromas of cassis, cloves and roasted almonds against a creamy texture of soft tannins and round, rich fruit. Offering flavors of plum, cherry and black pepper, the 1999 will be ... more

Clos Mimi Petite Rousse Syrah 2002

Identical to the 2001 vintage, the wine was aged ten months "en barrique" without racking. 2800 cases of wine were bottled unfined and unfiltered the day after the new moon 28 August 2003. "Quand mème" this one hundred percent syrah exudes a striking perfume of candied raspberries, white pepper, and ... more

Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Hillside Select is made of 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon fruit sourced from rugged hillside vineyard blocks on our Stags Leap District Estate. Truly a "wine of a place," this Cabernet exemplifies the extraordinary richness and suppleness consistently produced in our little valley within a valley. more

Pine Ridge Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

The nose is met with lush aromas of creamy baked cherry, crushed cranberry, vanilla, boysenberry, cola, milk chocolate and cinnamon bark. This medium bodied wine has pronounced flavors of berries, cherries, spice, currant and toast. A supple entry highlights velvety tannins and the long finish is accented by sweet cream, ... more