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Black Coyote 2007 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Atlas Peak)

Price $85

Tasted blind in a large group of Napa Valley Cabernets, this one stood out for sheer power and authority. It’s absolutely delicious, dazzling showing blackberry tart, cherry pie with the sweet, smoky crust, cassis and baking spice flavors, wrapped into wonderfully thick, fine tannins. Pure California fruit, but dry, balanced and nuanced. A classic, but high-alcohol… — S.H. (5/1/2011)

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Black Coyote 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)

Price $65

Lots of ripe, upfront blackberry and cherry jam fruit, lots of new French oak and firm, sweet tannins in this young Cab. But the parts haven’t come together yet, so there’s a certain disjointment. Give it a few years in the cellar. — S.H. (11/1/2008)

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Black Coyote 2002 Bates Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)

Price $30

There’s a good Cab in here, but it’s surrounded by overripe raisined fruit that makes the wine drink hot. There’s no quibbling with the deliciousness factor, though. — S.H. (11/1/2005)

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Black Coyote 2004 Bates Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)

Price $40

Ripe to the point of jammy, this Cab was blended with some Merlot, and also shows quite a bit of new oak. It’s a direct, fruity wine, appealing for its blackberry, cherry and plumped raisin flavors. — S.H. (12/15/2007)

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Black Coyote 2000 Bates Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)

Price $25

Modest aromas of blackberries and oak lead to a thinly-flavored wine. There are some berry notes, but the oak and tannins are really the stars. Drink now. — S.H. (4/1/2004)

Most Reviewed Designations

Bates Creek Vineyard Reserve

Most Reviewed Varietals

Cabernet Sauvignon

2009 Russian River Vineyards Estate Grown

Rich flavors of cherries, persimmons, cola, anise and oak flood the…

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