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Goldschmidt 2005 Game Ranch Single Vineyard Selection Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $65

This is a densely structured young Cab. Although the tannins are ripe and sweet, they still possess enough astringency to suggest cellaring. This wine is terrifically rich in black currants and exotic, smoky oak—a big, rich Cab whose impeccable structure defines Oakville. Unfined and unfiltered, it will be best after 2008 and through 2017. — S.H. (5/1/2008)

Goldschmidt 2005 Single Vineyard Selection Game Ranch Plus Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Price $150

With this bottling Goldschmidt runs with the big Oakville dogs. Classic, a dry, tremendously concentrated and oaky Cab with massive flavors of blackberry tart, cassis, anise, cocoa and cedar. So soft, you can drink it now, but the complex tannin structure and balance permit it to age for many years. The source is a tiny vineyard west of the Silverado Trail. — S.H. (8/1/2009)

Goldschmidt 2005 Vyborny Vineyard Single Vineyard Selection Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $65

Cabernet collectors who look beyond Napa Valley should be aware of this wine. It’s an important addition to the Alexander Valley pantheon, a densely layered young wine. Shows brilliant red stone fruit, cassis, cola, date nut bread, mocha and tangerine zest flavors gorgeously lavished with the vanilla and smoky caramel of oak. Just delicious now, and should slowly… — S.H. (5/1/2008)

Goldschmidt 2007 Vyborny Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Price $70

A tremendous Cabernet, pure and refined, and undoubtedly the beneficiary of its great vintage. It’s dry and elegant, with the slightly herbal tinge and soft tannins that Alexander Valley invariably lends. Yet the flavor profile is dominated by delicious, oak-inspired blackberries, cherries and currants. Brilliant and beautiful, and should develop for many years. — S.H. (9/1/2010)

Goldschmidt 2006 Vyborny Vineyard Plus Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $150

You’ll want to age this wine for a good 6–8 years, because right now it’s rather tough in tannins, and the fruit and oak have not married. Nonetheless it’s quite a good wine. Shows complex layers of blackberries, currants and caramelized oak. Lifts Alexander Valley Cabernet above its usual level into noteworthy. — S.H. (9/1/2010)

Goldschmidt 2005 Single Vineyard Selection Vyborny Vineyard Plus Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $150

This is a reserve bottling of Goldschmidt’s regular Vyborny bottling. It’s essentially the same wine, but far more tannic, and perhaps a touch more concentrated. Dustily dry and astringent now, it seems like a guaranteed cellar candidate, with its rich core of blackberries, currants, mocha, herbs, anise and cedar. Better after 2011, and for many years. — S.H. (8/1/2009)

Goldschmidt 2007 Game Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)

Cellar Selection

Price $70

A very fine Cabernet, although it’s tough and young and wants time in the cellar. Strikes you immediately as lush and important, with a fine structure framing ripe flavors of blackberries, black cherries, currants, anise, dark chocolate and sandalwood. Yet there’s a juvenile character that, good as it is, promises even better things down the road. Give it until… — S.H. (9/1/2010)

Goldschmidt 2004 Vyborny Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)

Price $65

This single-vineyard Cab, from the personal label of the head winemaker at giant Beam Wines, is a very good example of Alexander Valley. It’s rich, soft, earthy and complex, a wine to lay down for 10 years or to open now. It shows ripe cherry-berry flavors that veer into chocolate and coconut pie, but is dry and balanced. — S.H. (2/1/2007)

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Crazy Creek Estate Fidelity Game Ranch Game Ranch Single Vineyard Selection PLUS Game Ranch PLUS Vyborny Vineyard Single Vineyard Selection Game Ranch Plus Single Vineyard Selection Vyborny Vineyard Single Vineyard Selection Vyborny Vineyard Plus Vyborny Vineyard Vyborny Vineyard Plus Vyborny Vineyard Single Vineyard Selection

Most Reviewed Varietals

Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Sauvignon

Most Reviewed Regions

Alexander Valley Oakville

2008 Solsticio

A big wine that handles its 15.3% abv. Smells of pastry, earth and soft…

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