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Stonestreet 2007 Rockfall Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

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Price $75

Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011

Score Chasers: USA 2011

This is Cabernet Sauvignon lifted to greatness, an impeccable statement concerning this region of the high Mayacamas Mountains on the Sonoma side that, by law, is forced to bear a “valley” appellation. The wine is awesome, vast and complex, fascinating in every aspect, yet locked down in tough tannins that exaggerate the acidity, making the wine functionally… — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Lancaster 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $65

Lancaster burst on the scene with enormous buzz, perhaps before they had really earned it. Steadily but surely, they’ve built up the wine, and the ’04 is the best ever. It’s a gorgeous Cab, softly complex, rich in cassis, cherry, spice and oak flavors anchored with warm, earthy tannins. In fact, the earthiness stands it in good contrast to Napa Valley, making it… — S.H. (12/1/2007)

Stonestreet 2004 Christopher's Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

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Price $100

This mountain Cab, blended with a little Petit Verdot and Syrah, is grown at 2,400 feet in the Mayacamas Mountains, which provide the east wall of Alexander Valley. The wine is known to be an ager, and the ’04 should develop for many years. It’s a tremendous wine, the equal of almost anything from Napa, which, after all, is just a geographic boundary away… — S.H. (10/1/2008)

Stonestreet 2007 Black Cougar Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

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Price $75

Pretty much as good as any Cabernet out there, if not better, and at a fraction of the price you’ll pay for the “cults.” If there was ever a wine made for the cellar, it’s this one, the antidote for those who consider California Cabernet a simple fruit bomb. Completely dry, with exquisite tannins, its blackberry, currant, red licorice and oak-inspired flavors are… — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Robert Young 1997 Scion Red (Alexander Valley)

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Price $50

The second wine, and first red, from this famous vineyard-owning family, it's a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. The wine is, in a word, classic. This great vintage provided super fruit, and the winemaking takes full advantage of it. This is very great Cabernet. It's so delicious you find yourself putting the glass down and thinking about it… — S.H. (6/1/2003)

Stonestreet 2007 Monument Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

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Price $45

Enthusiast 100 2011

A dramatic wine, authoritative in tannins, bone dry and noble. Withholds its best under a cloak of astringency, but already shows its mountain terroir in the complexity of its structure and deep, intense blackberry, currant, blueberry and dried herb flavors. Should develop bottle complexities for at least a decade and probably longer. — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Legacy 2006 Red (Alexander Valley)

Price $75

Hard to exaggerate the beauty of this mountain-grown wine, which is based on Cabernet Sauvignon but contains the other four classic Bordeaux varieties. Although it’s very tannic, those tannins are remarkably soft. Nearly all-new oak provides a framework of smoky caramel, delicious enough, but just an accompaniment to the blackberries, black currants, cherries and… — S.H. (9/1/2010)

Macauley 2007 Special Selected Late Harvest Botrytis Sémillon (Alexander Valley)

Price $45

This is one of the best dessert wines available from California. It’s dazzlingly rich and sweet in orange jam, apricot, honey, buttered cinnamon toast and créme brûlée flavors. The intense sweetness is perfectly balanced with crisp acidity, and the wine despite its sweetness accomplishes the miracle of finishing dry and clean. The grapes are 100% Sémillon. — S.H. (6/1/2011)

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2009 Merry Edwards

Made from eight vineyards located throughout this sprawling appellation…

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