95
points
Vinifera 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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$40
Here’s a young, vital, impressive 100% Cabernet. It’s dry, full-bodied and rich in classic flavors of blackberries, black currants, graphite and minerals, wrapped into silky tannins. Superb oak integration lends notes of vanilla and sandalwood. Just gorgeous in the mouth, filled with class and elegance. Now–2014, at least.
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
89
points
Vinifera 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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$38
A very good Cabernet, although a young one. It’s classically structured, with fine tannins and acidity framing ripe, luxurious flavors of blackberries, black currants and cocoa, accentuated by smoky oak. Good now, with decanting, but should be better by late 2010.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)