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1986 Phelps Eisele California (750ml)

$109.00

Robert Parker 92

The youngest and most backward, and the most promising wine of the four 1986 wines in this segment, is the 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard. The dense purple color with no lightening or amber is followed by a classic Eisele nose of crushed stones/minerals, black-raspberries/currants, and spicy wood. Full-bodied, concentrated, and pure, yet very youthful, this wine could easily have passed for a 3-4 year old California Cabernet. Hefty and concentrated, with considerable tannin, it requires another 2-4 years of cellaring; it will last for 20 years.

1987 Diamond Creek - Lake California (750ml)

$385.00

Wine Spectator 93

"Clearly the best of the 1987s. Wonderful aromas and flavors, with ripe plum, black cherry and spice nuances, and a strong anise aftertaste. Fine balance; crisp but ripe tannins."

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Very rare, collectable.

1989 La Jota Anniversary California (750ml)

$98.00

Robert Parker 90

La Jota's 1989 Cabernet Sauvignon is more evolved and forward than usual. The huge, earthy, weedy, tobacco, and blackcurrant-scented nose is followed by a rich, generously endowed, satiny-textured wine that coats the palate and finishes with impressive quantities of fruit, glycerin and alcohol. Most Howell Mountain Cabernets start life with a hard, firm, tannic edge, but this offering is pure suppleness and pleasure. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.

1990 Caymus Special Selection California (750ml)

$250.00

Robert Parker 94

"The wine offers a saturated, dark purple color, and a rich, spicy, oaky nose backed up by generous quantities of jammy blackcurrants. Ripe, highly extracted, and full-bodied, with copious amounts of sweet tannin and layers of fruit, this is a knock-out, flamboyantly-styled Cabernet for drinking over the next 15 or more years."

Wine Spectator 93

"Aging extremely well, this is rich, sleek and elegant, with a wide range of black cherry, anise, currant, plum and earth notes that offer depth and complexity, finishing in a long aftertaste." Tasting note from the February 28, 2001 issue of the WS.

1990 Diamond Creek - Lake California (750ml)

$430.00

Wine Spectator 91

"Bright and lively, packed with broad currant, herb, mineral, tobacco and prune flavors that gain complexity and depth from oak shadings."

1990 Phelps Backus California (750ml)

$123.00

Wine Spectator 88

Distinctive, if atypical for Napa. Spicy and meaty, with oregano and pepperoni notes, slowly showing riper currant and black cherry flavors, with cedar, dill and earth notes.--California Cabernet retrospective.

Robert Parker 88-90

the 1990 Backus Vineyard possesses the big, minty, chocolatey nose typical of this vineyard, full-bodied, ripe, unctuous, chewy flavors, plenty of tannin, and a spicy, lush finish. This potentially outstanding wine should be drinkable several years before the 1991. 88-92 pts.

1990 Phelps Insignia California (750ml)

List Price: ~~$195.00~~ Our Price: $185.00

$185.00

Wine Spectator 90

"Still unyielding at age 10. Firm, dark and intense, chunky and chewy, with gritty tannins wrapped around a core of stewed plum and black cherry, with dashes of mineral and sage. Turns dry and tannic, but offers lots of substance and depth." --California Cabernet Retrospective. Best from 2002 through 2012. 5,725 cases made.

1991 La Jota Anniversary California (750ml)

$130.00

Robert Parker 94

"The 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon 10th Anniversary Release reveals a character similar to the 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain, with richer fruit, and more sweetness and intensity on the palate. However, the tannin level is frightfully high, making this wine a candidate for drinking between 2000-2025. This is an immensely impressive Cabernet Sauvignon."

1992 Hartwell, Stag's Leap District California (1.5L)

$320.00

1993 Dalla Valle California (750ml)

$136.00

Robert Parker 93

"Although closed, the 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon is crammed with so much sweet, blackcurrant fruit that it does not take a genius to figure out what this wine is all about. It offers an opaque garnet/purple color, a moderately intense, cassis, smoky, herb, and earthy nose, fabulous concentration, good muscle, and a boatload of sweet tannin. While drinkable, it needs another 4-5 years of cellaring. It will easily last for 20 years."

1993 Hartwell, Sunshine Vineyard California (750ml)

$103.00

Robert Parker 89

"The 1993 exhibits an elegant, more laid back style than several previous vintages. The deep ruby/purple color is followed by copious amounts of toasty, smoky new oak, and attractive currant aromas. The wine possesses sweet, ripe fruit, medium body, moderate tannin, and a long, nicely-textured, spicy finish. It may develop into an outstanding wine with another 2-4 years of cellaring. It should age well for 15+ years."

1993 Hartwell, Sunshine Vineyard California (1.5L)

$540.00

Robert Parker 89

"The 1993 exhibits an elegant, more laid back style than several previous vintages. The deep ruby/purple color is followed by copious amounts of toasty, smoky new oak, and attractive currant aromas. The wine possesses sweet, ripe fruit, medium body, moderate tannin, and a long, nicely-textured, spicy finish. It may develop into an outstanding wine with another 2-4 years of cellaring. It should age well for 15+ years."

1993 Vineyard 29 (Grace Family) California (750ml)

$124.00

Wine Spectator

"Firm and trim, with an attractive band of currant, coffee, anise and cedar. A well-proportioned, moderately rich and complex young red that finishes with mild tannins."

1994 Conn Creek Anthology California (750ml)

$50.00

Wine Spectator 90

Complex, concentrated and well structured, with an intriguing array of ripe currant, plum and cedary oak. A tightly wound, well-focused style with supple tannins and fine length. ...A blend: 50 percent Merlot, 36 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 14 percent Cabernet Franc.

1994 Neibaum Coppola Rubicon California (750ml)

$85.00

Wine Spectator 92

A well-regarded blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this year's version shows impressive balance and finesse. Firm and tightly wound, with a sharply focused, deeply concentrated core of currant, black cherry, cedar, toast and spice flavors, this is a muscular yet polished wine.

1994 The Terraces California (750ml)

$46.00

Wine Spectator 91

"Dill, cedar and anise flavors precede currant and black cherry flavors of depth, richness and complexity."

1995 Dominus California (750ml)

$110.00

Robert Parker 93

"An exceptional example of Cabernet. The color is deep, thick-looking purple. The wine possesses a sweet, cassis-scented aroma.It is a large-scaled, more noticeably structured style of Dominus that will age well for two decades."

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 93

"Full deep red. Sexy, perfumed aromas of black and red raspberry, currant, plum, graphite and spicy oak. Fruit driven flavors of currant, cherry and leather. Expands nicely on the aftertaste."

1995 Dominus California (750ml-6pk OWC)

$620.00

Robert Parker 93

"An exceptional example of Cabernet. The color is deep, thick-looking purple. The wine possesses a sweet, cassis-scented aroma.It is a large-scaled, more noticeably structured style of Dominus that will age well for two decades."

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 93

"Full deep red. Sexy, perfumed aromas of black and red raspberry, currant, plum, graphite and spicy oak. Fruit driven flavors of currant, cherry and leather. Expands nicely on the aftertaste."

1995 Flora Springs Reserve California (750ml)

$85.00

Robert Parker 92

"The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve offers up a chocolatey, cassis, and earthy-scented nose, followed by sweet, jammy flavors, sensational depth, ripeness, and balance, and a sweet finish with well-integrated, silky tannin."

1995 Lokoya Mt Veeder California (750ml)

$98.00

Wine Spectator 92

"A big, ripe and firmly tannic style, dense, chunky and chewy, but wade past the tannins and you'll get a glimpse of a complex, concentrated wine."

Robert Parker 91

The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder (1,600 cases) reveals an opaque purple color, and a sumptuous, Medoc-like nose of lead pencil, minerals, black currants, and smoky oak. It is extremely full-bodied and massive in the mouth, with sweet tannin, a layered, plushly-textured mid-palate, and a firm, exceptionally long, pure finish. This classic mountain-styled Cabernet Sauvignon can be drunk now, but it will be even better with 5-7 years of cellaring. It will keep for 2 decades. Another luxury operation in the Kendall-Jackson portfolio, this winery appears to be doing everything right. The wines are 100% Cabernet Sauvignons made in limited quantities of 250-350 cases. The wines are aged in 100% French oak casks (45%-75% new), malolactic fermentation is done in barrel, and the wines are bottled with no filtration. All of these wines revealed outstanding aromatics, natural, chewy, expansive textures, and exceptionally ripe, concentrated fruit. Moreover, they are candidates for 20 or more years of cellaring. In short, I am very enthusiastic about this project.

1995 Lokoya Mt Veeder California (750ml)

$98.00

Wine Spectator 92

"A big, ripe and firmly tannic style, dense, chunky and chewy, but wade past the tannins and you'll get a glimpse of a complex, concentrated wine."

Robert Parker 91

The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder (1,600 cases) reveals an opaque purple color, and a sumptuous, Medoc-like nose of lead pencil, minerals, black currants, and smoky oak. It is extremely full-bodied and massive in the mouth, with sweet tannin, a layered, plushly-textured mid-palate, and a firm, exceptionally long, pure finish. This classic mountain-styled Cabernet Sauvignon can be drunk now, but it will be even better with 5-7 years of cellaring. It will keep for 2 decades. Another luxury operation in the Kendall-Jackson portfolio, this winery appears to be doing everything right. The wines are 100% Cabernet Sauvignons made in limited quantities of 250-350 cases. The wines are aged in 100% French oak casks (45%-75% new), malolactic fermentation is done in barrel, and the wines are bottled with no filtration. All of these wines revealed outstanding aromatics, natural, chewy, expansive textures, and exceptionally ripe, concentrated fruit. Moreover, they are candidates for 20 or more years of cellaring. In short, I am very enthusiastic about this project.

1995 Vineyard 29 (Grace Family) California (750ml)

$124.00

Wine- Maker Notes

winemaker: Heidi Peterson Barrett. 500 cases. This wine has a beautiful deep ruby color. The nose gives you a combination of sweet ripe Cabernet fruit and some racy spiciness. The fruit from this vineyard consistently produces wines with a black cherry and currant character and this vintage shows this as well. In the mouth, the wine is lively but very soft and elegant. The black cherry carries through on the palate with almost no sign of tannin and a rather lengthy finish. This is an easy-to-drink wine with a lot of finesse and can be enjoyed without much bottle age.

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Superripe, sappy nose combines blackcurrant, chocolate and brown spices. Sweet, supple and chewy on the palate; already displays expressive inner-mouth aromatics. A fairly big wine, finishing with excellent length and thoroughly buffered tannins. Faint notes of roast coffee and game on the aftertaste.

1996 Araujo Eisele California (750ml)

$270.00

Robert Parker 94

"The saturated purple-colored 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard offers an attractive nose of black fruits intermixed with toast, minerals, sublte tar, and wood smoke. Full-bodied, with impressive purity, a multi-layered mid-palate and finish, it is an expressive, pure, more powerful, and larger-boned wine than either the 1997 or 1998."

1996 Araujo Eisele California (750ml)

$285.00

Robert Parker 94

"The saturated purple-colored 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard offers an attractive nose of black fruits intermixed with toast, minerals, sublte tar, and wood smoke. Full-bodied, with impressive purity, a multi-layered mid-palate and finish, it is an expressive, pure, more powerful, and larger-boned wine than either the 1997 or 1998."

1996 Bacio Divino California (750ml)

$82.00

Robert Parker 92

"Another terrific offering from this producer, the 1996 Bacio Divino offers a spicy, oaky nose with notions of jammy cassis, strawberries, and cherries. Full bodied and complex, with a dominant black fruit element upstaging the new oak nuances, this fleshly, ostentatious, pure, gorgeously seductive wine will drink well for 7-8 years. Kudos to winemaker/proprietor Claus Janzen."

1996 Diamond Creek - Lake California (750ml)

$410.00

Wine Spectator 92

"This prestigious California red is ripe, smooth and elegant, with pretty black cherry, tart plum, herb and cedary oak notes that turn supple and polished. Displaying wonderful integration of fruit and tannins, it's tasty now--but it isn't for everyday drinking at this price."

1996 Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill California (750ml)

List Price: ~~$103.00~~ Our Price: $85.00

$85.00

Wine Spectator 88

Complex, with an elegant mix of dried currant, sage, herb and tea notes that are still supported by firm tannins. Yet this is developing nice secondary flavors and is ready to drink.--1996 California Cabernet retrospective.

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 88

Very good deep ruby. Wilder cassis and game nose; a slightly skunky quality dissipated with aeration. Sweet and dense, with strong material. Here the tannins hit the palate earlier, but these are sweet tannins-in complete contrast to the rustic, coarse tannins that characterized these wines through most of the '70s and '80s. The most promising set of barrel samples I've tasted from Diamond Creek in many years.

1996 Leonetti Washington (750ml)

$163.00

Wine Spectator 91

"Firm and focused, a jazzy mouthful of spicy blackberry, black pepper and violet flavors that harmonize nicely on the graceful finish. Approachable now, but can age."

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 90+

Bright deep ruby. Sappy, sweet aromas of crystallized black cherry, cassis, mocha and mint. Dense and firmly built, with sharply delineated cherry and black raspberry flavors framed by strong acidity. A solidly structured, firmly tannic cabernet that should age for many years.

1996 Seavey California (750ml)

$78.00

Robert Parker 92

The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon is superb. This opaque purple-colored effort reveals aromas of black currants, creosote, smoke, minerals, and plums. It is full-bodied, with exquisite density and terrific fruit purity and intensity, particularly in the mid-palate and length (always good signs for wines that are meant to improve and last). There is plenty of tannin, but this is a generous, impressively endowed wine that should stand the test of several decades of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2025.

Wine Spectator 92

Firm, tight and complex, with a rich, focused band of spicy currant, mineral, plum, cherry, cedar and anise, turning rich and flavorful on the finish.

1996 Shafer Hillside Select California (750ml)

$385.00

Robert Parker 98

"The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the vintage's super-stars. Its opaque purple color is accompanied by super aromatics, immense body, great fruit extraction, superb purity and overall symmetry, as well as a 40+ second finish. Revealing exceptional intensity (but no heaviness) as well as perfectly integrated acidity, tannin, and alcohol, this fabulous Cabernet will drink wonderfully for three decades."

1996 Whitehall Reserve California (750ml)

$59.00

Wine Spectator 93

"Has a wonderful sense of harmony. Ripe, rich and deeply concentrated, with layers of juicy plum, black cherry, plum and spice, with a pretty toasty oak and blackberry aftertaste."

1997 Chappellet Pritchard Hill California (750ml)

$129.00

Wine Spectator 93

"Dark, ripe and concentrated, with pretty currant, plum, black cherry, roasted coffee and shoe-leather flavors woven tightly together, finishing with lively acidity and firm tannins."

Robert Parker 90

The 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill (a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc) is the finest wine to emerge from Chappellet since the Philip Togni era (remember the exquisite 1969 Cabernet Sauvignon Togni fashioned?). A dark saturated blue/purple color is followed by tight aromatics offering up scents of blueberries, minerals, cassis, and subtle toast. It is medium to full-bodied and elegant, with sweet tannin as well as a tightly-knit, convincing finish. This wine appears to have a promising future. Although still young and unevolved, it is impressively endowed and pure. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2020.

1997 Icaria Alexander Valley California (750ml)

$50.00

1997 Justin Isoscles California (750ml)

$98.00

Wine Spectator 95

Absolutely delicious, this blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (mostly), Cabernet Franc and Merlot is brimming with ripe and juicy currant, blackcherry, wild berry, plum and anise flavors that are complex, deep and polished. Finishes long and flavorful. Best from 2002 through 2012.

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 91

Saturated ruby-red. Explosively ripe aromas of cassis essence, plum, licorice, and smoky, tarry oak. Lush, fat and stuffed with spicy cassis fruit, nicely framed by lively acids and sexy oak. This has a terrific core of fruit and impressive verve. Finishes firm, ripe and young.

1997 Mondavi Reserve California (750ml)

$125.00

Robert Parker 95

"The profound 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve boasts a saturated ruby/purple color. Production (about 20,000 cases) of this sweet, opulently-textured, rich, full-bodied wine should guarantee widespread availability. Aged in 100% new French oak, this blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot offers a textbook varietal nose of cedar wood, licorice, creme de cassis, and pain grille. Full-bodied, with explosive sweetness and fruit on the attack, this gloriously pure, superbly well-delineated wine should be drinkable young, and last for 3 decades. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2025."

Wine Spectator 93

"Packed with currant, black cherry, plum, cedar and spice nuances, finishing long and complete, this Mondavi reserve is a dark, immense, deeply concentrated and sharply focused red."

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 93+

Very good deep ruby-red. Superripe aromas of crystallized red berries, cassis, graphite and grilled nuts. Lush, sweet and minerally; already displays compelling inner-mouth complexity and superb delineation. Youthful fruit flavors show less of the meaty quality that characterized some recent vintages of this wine. Very strong underlying backbone. The wine's lovely sweetness carries through to the very long finish, which features dusty, even tannins.

1997 Opus One California (750ml)

$410.00

Wine Spectator 94

"A rich, decidedly earthy style of Opus, showing currant, anise, black cherry, mineral, leather and sage flavors that are focused and complex."

1997 Peter Michael Les Pavots California (750ml)

$168.00

Robert Parker 96

The last two vintages of the proprietary red wine called Les Pavots have been spectacular. The 1997 Les Pavots (79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc) possesses a hefty 14.5% alcohol. Nevertheless, there is no sense of overweight or flabbiness to this brilliant, Bordeaux-styled blend..The 1997's saturated black/purple color is followed by a gorgeously perfumed nose of licorice, cassis, sweet foresty scents, and toasty new oak. On the palate, the wine offers licorice, black currant jam, and notes of a woodfired oven. Dense, full-bodied, and huge, with superb purity, it performed amazingly well for having been bottled several months earlier.

1997 Silverado Limited Reserve California (750ml)

$109.00

Wine Spectator 92

"Sleek and elegant, rich and polished, with a pretty array of herb, black cherry, mint, wild berry, chocolate, anise and tar, finishing with firm yet supple tannins."

1998 Araujo Eisele California (750ml)

$190.00

Robert Parker 91

"Medium-deep red. Complex, inviting aromas of plum leather, spice, game and Burgundian earth tones. Lush and sweet in the mouth, with plum, meat and leather flavors. Harmonious acids give shape to the wine without drying it. Finishes with sweet, rich tannins and very good length. This has filled in very nicely since I tasted it from barrel a year ago. A real standout of the vintage."

Wine Spectator 90

A supple, harmonious, well-crafted effort, with rich yet subtle earthy currant, tobacco, toasty-cedary oak and spicy anise notes. Very complete and focused, with fine-grained tannins on the finish.

1998 Dalla Valle California (750ml)

$152.00

Robert Parker 94

"The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon is even better from bottle than it was from barrel. It is a terrific wine with an opaque blue/purple color and a gorgeously sweet nose of black fruits interrmixed with licorice, mineral, and spice. Full-bodied, opulently textured, and drinkable at an earlier age than most vintages, it should keep at least two decades."

1998 Dunn Napa California (750ml)

$75.00

Robert Parker

"The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa (a composite blend) is highly-extracted, but very light. It obviously reflects the challenges presented by this vintage. Dry tannin in the finish might turn out to be cause for concern, but there is still plenty of cassis fruit in this medium to full-bodied Cabernet, but it is more compressed than usual. Dunn will undoubtedly build more flesh and fruit into it before bottling, but we will have to wait another year to find out. If Godzilla drank California Cabernet Sauvignon, would there be any doubt as to what choice it would be? Anyone who has regularly tasted Randy Dunn's Cabernet Sauvignons (first produced in 1979) realizes several things. They all possess the following characteristics: (1) remarkable color and richness, (2) massive personalities with huge tannic structures, (3) gorgeous purity and unreal aging potential."

Wine Spectator

"Highly reliant on green, cedary oak for its flavor, this tight, tannic, intense youngster finds enough ripe fruit to counter the wood, with hints of earthy currant, bell pepper, sage and tar. Requires patience."

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 90

Bright ruby-red. Aromas of cassis, licorice, graphite and game. Dense, supple and rich in extract; juicy flavors of cassis and licorice. Offers impressive texture for the vintage, but comes across as distinctly less sweet than the Howell Mountain bottling. Finishes with very good length and ripe, fairly substantial tannins that grew slightly dry with aeration.

1998 Harlan The Maiden California (750ml)

$110.00

Robert Parker 91

"The 1998 Maiden is also prodigious. I know it is tempting to pooh-pooh second wines, but this is no aftertought from owner Bill Harlan and the winemaking team of American Bob Levy and Frenchman Michel Rolland. The 1998 Maiden possesses a dense purple color and a knockout nose of cocoa, prunes, blackcerries, plums, and cassis. Spicy, with moderate tannin, and a viscosity and richness akin to beef blood, it is a gorgeous, concentrated, thick effort."

1998 Lokoya Rutherford California (750ml)

$136.00

Robert Parker 92

"The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford is a classic Rutherford Cabernet with about 9% Merlot in the blend. Opaque purple in color, with low acidity, and a gorgeously explosive nose of black and red fruits intermixed with cedar wood, this profoundly concentrated wine is dense, opulent, and remarkably voluptuous and concentrated for a 1998. Anticipated maturity: now-2015."

1998 Peter Michael Les Pavots California (750ml)

$174.00

Robert Parker 89+

"The 1998 Les Pavots (80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, and 9% Cabernet Franc) was produced from minuscule yields of 1.3 tons of fruit per acre. It exhibits a dense ruby/purple color in additioin to aromas of melted fudge, cocoa, tobacco, and black currant fruit. In the mouth, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with firm tannin, and a compressed, moderately long finish. Not surprisingly, it does not exhibit either the flavor dimension or length of the 1997 or 1996. 1998 was a more difficult vintage, but Les Pavots has turned out well, revealing more of a Bordeaux-like weight profile than the more enormously-endowed, concentrated 1997. Nevertheles, it is a successful effort in a challenging year."

1998 Pride Mountain Reserve Claret California (750ml)

$163.00

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 92+

"Saturated purple-ruby. Restrained but complex aromas of blackberry, cassis, violet, licorice, bitter chocolate and minerals. Juicy and very firmly built; conveys a stronger impression of acidity. Black fruits complicated by mocha and dark chocolate notes. Less broad than the reserve claret but subtler and longer. Finishes with nobler tannins and slowly mounting, extremely persistent flavor."

Robert Parker 93+

"The opaque purple-colored 1998 Reserve Claret (a blend of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot) reveals red and black fruit scents intermixed with vanilla, underbrush, and mocha/coffee. Long and opulently-textured, with lower acidity, fabulous fruit, a succulent, expansive mid palate, and a blockbuster, long finish, it is compelling stuff! Drink it over the next 12-15 years."

1998 Pride Mountain Reserve Claret California (1.5L)

$430.00

Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar 92+

"Saturated purple-ruby. Restrained but complex aromas of blackberry, cassis, violet, licorice, bitter chocolate and minerals. Juicy and very firmly built; conveys a stronger impression of acidity. Black fruits complicated by mocha and dark chocolate notes. Less broad than the reserve claret but subtler and longer. Finishes with nobler tannins and slowly mounting, extremely persistent flavor."

Robert Parker 93+

"The opaque purple-colored 1998 Reserve Claret (a blend of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot) reveals red and black fruit scents intermixed with vanilla, underbrush, and mocha/coffee. Long and opulently-textured, with lower acidity, fabulous fruit, a succulent, expansive mid palate, and a blockbuster, long finish, it is compelling stuff! Drink it over the next 12-15 years."

1998 Silverado, Stag's Leap California (375ml)

$30.00

Wine Spectator

"Soft and fleshy, with ripe, supple, medium-weight plum, black cherry and wild berry flavors that are pleasant, if on the simple side."

1998 Spottswoode California (750ml)

$102.00

Robert Parker 88-90

"The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits lots of blueberry fruit, in addition to an attractive, elegant, medium-bodied style. It is a successful wine for the vintage. It should be uncommonly precocious, forward, and delicious when released. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2014."

1998 The Terraces California (750ml)

$51.00

FineWine International

A house favorite at Fine Wines International. Elegant and refined with the aromas and flavors of cherries, herbs and vanilla oak.

1998 The Terraces California (750ml-12pk)

$610.00

FineWine International

A house favorite at Fine Wines International. Elegant and refined with the aromas and flavors of cherries, herbs and vanilla oak.

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