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Venge 2008 Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Price $125

Score Chasers: USA 2011

An absolute joy and triumph. Just superb, showcasing the best of Oakville. Perfect tannins, as pure as velvet and sweet, and perfect oak, too, with beautifully applied char and wood spice. That the oak is 100% new is in keeping with the wine’s volumetrics. The wine’s flavors are a profound, heady expression of blackberries, blueberries, cassis and dark, barely… — S.H. (6/1/2011)

Vine Cliff 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Editors' Choice

Price $75

Pretty much as good as Napa Cabernet gets. Shows the blackberries, black currants, blueberries and spicy plums of Oakville and scads of spices, and the tannin-acid structure is, in a word, superb. The oak elaboration is just about perfect, adding a tasteful layer of smoky, buttered toast. The finish goes on and on. — S.H. (12/15/2010)

Vine Cliff 2007 16 Rows Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Price $150

A true sensation. Shows the richness and concentration you want in a great Napa Cab, but also a structure that lifts it above the soft, mushy wines that are so prevalent. There’s real tannin and acid architecture framing the opulent blackberry, black currant, mineral and cedar flavors, and the finish is dry, dry, dry. Every sip offers something different as it… — S.H. (12/15/2010)

Joseph Phelps 2005 Backus Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Price $225

Price be damned, this is an authentically gorgeous, important Cabernet Sauvignon. It calls to mind the amazing 2001, with its huge, perfect tannins and acids and artistic appliqué of new oak. But the star of the show surely is the fruit. Mounds of ripe blackberries and cherries pile up, veering into currants and cassis and something wild and decadently animal, like… — S.H. (5/1/2009)

Joseph Phelps 2001 Backus Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $150

Tasted alongside a bevy of Oakville Cabs, this beauty was the star of the show. It’s a huge, masculine wine, authoritative and ageable. Pours dark and drinks tannic and oaky, with a massive core of cassis, cherry and chocolate fruit encased in perfect tannins. What grace and power, what balance. Drink now through 2016, at least. — S.H. (11/1/2005)

Far Niente 2005 Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $125

A fantastic Cabernet that stuns now for authenticity and power, and should develop for many years. Despite the large production, lower than that of many first growth Bordeaux, the wine, which has tiny amounts of Cab Franc and Petit Verdot, shows classic Oakville elegance and precision. Rich in black currants, blackberries, cherries and dark chocolate, it should hit… — S.H. (12/1/2008)

Nickel & Nickel 2005 John C. Sullenger Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $90

This is a stunningly powerful 100% Cabernet, rich in fruit and well-oaked, that shows the authority of Oakville in a great vintage. Flooded with cassis, black cherries, dark chocolate and cedar, it’s nonetheless too young in brisk tannins to fully express itself. A joy to drink, but needs time. Best after 2009 and for many years after. — S.H. (12/1/2008)

Groth 2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $125

A huge Cabernet, in the best sense of the word. It wasn’t the easiest vintage, as 2007 was, but meticulous winemaking did the job, resulting in this amazingly rich, impressively ripe wine that’s drinkable now and will develop for many years. The fruits veer toward blackberries, cherries and cola, and the tannins are soft and refined. One hundred percent new French… — S.H. (2/1/2012)

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