Wine Spectator: A rich and polished style, with pretty currant, coffee, anise, sage and cedary flavors that are elegantly understated, finishing with a smooth, supple aftertaste. Drinks well ...

Wine Spectator: A disappointing wine from a usually reliable producer, this wine starts with earthy, mulchy aromas and leads to a dense, leathery flavor that veers into barnyard flavors, endi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby-red color. Captivating aromas of currant, black cherry, violet, tobacco, iron and smoky oak. Very silky on entry, then broad, rich and sweet, with superb, expressive...

About this Wine: Caymus Vineyards produces two Cabernets Sauvignons - a "Napa Valley" and "Special Selection". Both bottlings have aromas and flavors which can only be achieved through "hang...

Wine Spectator: A jammy red that balances ripe plum, cassis, baking spice, mocha and medium tannins with juicy acidity. Rich, but finishes a touch on the coarse side. Drink now. –NW

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Cassis, bitter chocolate, licorice and spices on the nose. Juicy, spicy and nicely delineated, with a restrained sweetness to the flavors of plum and curran...

Wine Spectator: Pushes ripeness, but stays in bounds, offering a chewy, muscular presentation of fruit, with blackberry, mineral, black licorice, cedar and graphite flavors. For all its heft,...

Wine Enthusiast: Marked by strong, dry tannins now, which lock it down and make it astringent through the finish. Yet beneath the toughness is plenty of ripe fruit, with waves of blackberries ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full ruby. Brooding, dark aromas and flavors of black and blue fruits, licorice and lead pencil. More powerful in the mid-palate than the 2007 but with a creamy texture a...

Wine Spectator: An extremely rich and earthy wine, with strong barnyardy, leathery flavors overriding the ripe currant and cherry flavors. It's dry and tannic, with very limited appeal. Drink...

Jeremy Oliver: An elegant, fine, supple and slightly herbaceous cabernet blend of pleasing prettiness and charm. Its dusty, leafy bouquet of violets, mulberries and cassis, sweet cedar/vanil...

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: Saturated ruby. Restrained, somewhat oaky aromas of blueberry, blackberry and dark chocolate; in need of a racking. Juicy, high-pitched and floral, with compellingly sweet fla...

Wine Enthusiast: A youthful, exciting wine that offers plenty of earth and cassis. It seems tight and closed now, with packed in tannins, a condensed mouthfeel and some mild green pepper note...

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 & Spirits: A lean cabernet with scents of violets and blue fruit, this gains richness from its dark chocolate tannins. Hints of mint, black peppercorns and dark roast coffee add to the w...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is full of freshly cut flowers, violets, menthol crushed rocks and dark red cherries. There is a level of freshness and pure vibrancy in the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright red. Perfumed, rather cool aromas of cassis, menthol, fresh herbs, flowers, anise and fennel. Juicy, spicy and tight but not hard, with a pungent core of acidity...

Wine Spectator: Dense, yet supple and graceful, with tiers of black fruit, blackberry, wild berry, subtle spice, cedar and black licorice flavors. Ends with firm, fine-grained tannins. Drin...

About this Wine: The Snowden Ranch is located east of the Silverado Trail between Rutherford Hill Road and Taplin Road. The property is a quarter of a mile wide and a mile long. Elevations on ...