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B Cellars 2004 Blend 26 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $85
The grapes come from three vineyards: Georges III in Rutherford, Tokalon in Oakville and Stagecoach, up on Atlas Peak. That helps explain the wine’s beauty. It’s pure California, cult-style Cab, soft and generous, with voluptuously ripe black currant and black cherry flavors elaborately enriched with spicy, smoky, 100% new French oak. My only quibble is that it…
— S.H.
(12/31/2007)
B Cellars 2008 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
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- $125
Tough and gritty in tannins, with a furry astringency, and very dry. Not ready to drink now, but shows its pedigree in the unusually refined blackberry, black currant and dark chocolate fruit flavors that are deep and long lasting in the aftertaste. Feels lush and smooth. Give it a good six years in the cellar and try again.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
B Cellars 2004 Blend 25 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah Red (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $48
Only the second vintage for this wine, but it joins the top ranks of Cabernet-Syrah blends. Dry, rich, smooth and frankly delicious, it has incredibly complex flavors, of blackberries, violets, coffee, pomegranates, cola, cloves and oak, and a long finish. A terrific wine to drink now and over the next four years.
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
B Cellars 2008 Syn3rgy Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $55
A low-production blend of various vineyards, this could be the poster child for classic, drink-me Napa Cabernet. It’s dry, smooth but rich in tannins, and enormously flavorful in blackberries, blueberries and currants. Oak, of course, plays a vital role. Upscale and impressive, it’s a fine Cabernet for drinking now and over the next eight years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
B Cellars 2006 Georges III Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Editors' Choice
- $55
A classic example of a young, sweetly fruity and very refined Napa Cab that needs some time in the cellar. Polished and lovely, with finely ripe tannins and decadently good flavors of blackberries, black cherries, chocolate, currants and oak. The palate’s enjoyment is interfered with by the astringency. Give it until 2012 to begin to come around.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
B Cellars 2008 Blend 25 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Napa Valley)
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- $55
One of the best Cabernet-Syrah blends out there. The Cabernet dominates, with firm tannins and blackberry and currant flavors, but Syrah brings a meatiness, like teriaki beef. Terrifically interesting, this wine should develop over the next four years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
B Cellars 2006 Blend 23 Sauvignon Blanc - Viognier - Chardonnay White (Napa Valley)
- $28
This wonderfully rich wine combines the best of all three varieties to produce a complex white. It shows rich green apple, pineapple jam, superripe apricot, honeysuckle and smoky oak flavors, and while it’s tremendously honeyed on the finish, it is basically dry. Crisp acidity, probably from the Carneros Chardonnay, provides needed balance.
— S.H.
(12/31/2007)
B Cellars 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $45
Considering the price of some Oakville Cabs, this one’s a value. It’s quite a good wine, rich and tannic and oaky and ripe, offering appealing blackberry, black cherry, black currant and smoky oak flavors that finish dry and spicy. Should develop over the next 3–5 years, although it seems to lack the stuffing for the long haul.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
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