Second Wines Rock – Napa Cabernet Edition
If you read Wine Spectator’s March issue, you’re aware of the outstanding values the second wines of Bordeaux’s top Chateau. Napa has a long history of copying (and often improving upon) French...
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Finally, A Great Napa Cabernet Under $25
Now that the economy is thawing out, it’s getting much harder to find good Napa Cabernet under $25. In fact, the last one I wrote up was on November 1st of last year. As a point of reference, I’ve...
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Robert Craig Affinity – High End Napa Cab Under $40
Robert Craig’s Affinity bottling really got on the map after Robert Parker awarded it 96 points in the 2007 vintage. I bought 4 bottles without tasting it. I’ve only had one and I’m very happy with the...
View ArticleA Paul Hobbs Napa Cab Under $20?
I’ve tasted several vintages of the Ahnfeldt Cabernet, and while I always thought it was a solid wine, I never found it particularly exciting… until they hired Paul Hobbs. Hobbs is the Cabernet master...
View Article’10 Lagier Meredith Syrah – One of the World’s Best ($41.95, RP94)
Napa Valley isn’t exactly known for Syrah, especially on the rugged slopes of Mt. Veeder where Cabernet grapes fetch extremely high prices. But married couple Steve Lagier and Carole Meredith bought a...
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A 90 Point Napa Cab for $15 – Ca’ Momi 2012 ($14.95, RP90)
The days of the (drinkable) under $20 Napa Cab are over aren’t they? I think I’ve said that numerous times on this blog. Well I’ll be the first to raise my hand and say I was proven wrong here. A...
View ArticleNapa Cab Round-Up (Round Pond, Keenan)
Every so often, I like to do a round-up to showcase some of the best deals on Napa Cabernet. And while the deals aren’t what they used to be, you can still find some values if you know where to look....
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Mondavi Oakville – Best Napa Cabernet Under $40
Unless you go way down into bulk wines, $40 is pretty much the entry price of Napa Cabernet now. It’s too bad, but the glory days of the 2005-2007 vintages are over and this is the new reality....
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Black Friday: Round Pond Estate Cabernet ($46.95, RP93)
It’s rare that I write up a wine twice, but this one deserves it. Even though it’s young, I opened a bottle of Round Pond’s 2012 Estate Cabernet for Thanksgiving and it really is spectacular. They...
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A Wine I Buy Every Year – Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet (RP95, $89.95)
I own, or have owned, the ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’09, ’11 and ’12 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet. That’s really as much endorsement of this wine as I could possibly provide. But since that...
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