About this Wine: "The volcanic rock and ash soil of Reverie Vineyard stresses the vines, resulting in smaller fruit laden with black cherry and currant flavors. The steep, terraced slope faces...

Wine Spectator: Intense, firmly tannic and richly concentrated. The flavors are built around vibrant currant, plum and floral notes, with cedar, nutmeg, chocolate and exotic spices filling in...

Wine Spectator: Flirting with perfection, as the fruit is absolutely gorgeous, seemingly flawless, with its tremendous silky texture, layers of currant, black licorice, blackberry and wild be...

About this Wine: Inspired by the complexity and style of Bordeaux's cooler-climate wines, Darioush Signature Cabernet Sauvignon exemplifies how meticulous farming in southern Napa Valley's...

Wine Enthusiast: Aloof and tannic now. It's very dry, and those tannins lock in and cry out for something to melt them. It's best to decant this wine many hours in advance of drinking it, but ...

Wine Spectator: A rich, seductive style, with ripe red currant and black currant flavors, hints of plum and cherry along with a nice dash of cedary lead pencil-laced oak. Gains complexity on ...

Wine Spectator: ...dense core of wild berry, currant and blackberry fruit and then fairly smothers it with intense smoky, toasty, chocolaty oak...

About this Wine: ...The Backus vineyard, located across the valley from Harlan Estate, is now farmed biodynamically. The 1999 release was the last vintage entirely from vines planted in 1975; ...

Wine Spectator: Dark, rich and chocolaty, with a dense, compact, concentrated core of earthy currant, sage and wild berry. Mouthcoating tannins persist on the palate. Definitely needs time. B...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. Explosive aromas of black raspberry, minerals, graphite and flowers. Wonderfully sweet and dense, with a superripe suggestion of maple syrup and a note of hot rocks....

Connoisseurs' Guide: Of the three outstanding new Cabernets from Diamond Creek, this particular bottling is the most backward and slow-to-unfold of the bunch. With dense, highly extracted curranty...

About this Wine: "...Togni noted that this wine is now typically about 82% cabernet sauvignon, with about 15% merlot, 2% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot added since the '99 vintage."

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright ruby. Rather inky aromas of cassis, iron filings, graphite, licorice root and minerals.Ripe flavors of dark berries, sassafras and minerals; not particularly sweet...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (from Clone 4) Good full ruby. Pure aromas of cassis, redcurrant and minerals, lifted by a peppery nuance. Dense, fat and large-scaled but quite succulent, with a smoky ripene...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good ruby-red. Pure, elegant nose offers currant, tobacco, coffee, licorice and brown spices. Sweet, firm and aromatic, with ripe acids framing the flavors of currant, cherry,...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good ruby-red. Superripe aromas of currant and oaky caramel. Supple, sweet and fresh, with rather suave flavors of currant and black raspberry. Nicely integrated acidity and a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Schrader RBS Cabernet Sauvignon (Clone 337 from the Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard) exhibits wonderful pure cassis fruit, hints of licorice and roasted herbs, a long, ...

Wine Spectator: Very complete and harmonious, with rich, extracted yet polished currant, wild berry and blackberry flavors that are supple and focused. Shows plenty of depth and concentration...

About this Wine: "Making their debut in 2003, the youngest Cabernet Sauvignon vines (located on the Sonoma portion of our mountaintop property) make a stunning contribution to the first Pride ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: From barrel, I thought the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve might be even better than the 2002, but the bottled 2003 is not at the level of its flamboyant older sibling. Nevert...