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: Deep medium ruby. Sexy, inviting aromas of dark berries, licorice pastille, spicecake and leather. Densely packed but light on its feet, with good sweetness and breadth to the...

Jeff Loo: Dark ruby core with slight garnet towards the rim. The nose opens with raspberry jam, mocha, vanilla bean and spice, complemented by coffee and cherry. Full bodied with grea...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, deep ruby. Vibrant, complex aromas and flavors of cassis, licorice pastille, spices and flowers. Penetrating, dense and juicy, with a slowly building sweetness that ca...

About this Wine: Nicolás Catena Zapata is made from a meticulous vine selection in the best lots of the Catena family's estate vineyards. These Zapata vines are carefully hand tended and...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, deep ruby-red. Reticent aromas of cassis, dark raspberry, leather, fresh blood and pepper (my first sample showed a whiff of adhesive tape). Supple on entry, then a ...

Wine Enthusiast: Rich and dramatic by any standards, this new release offers a blast of ripe blackberry, currant and mineral flavors. New oak adds the perfect touch of smoky caramel. It’s pret...

Wine Spectator: Offers gorgeous fruit, with amazing purity of flavor, delivering rich, concentrated, supple layers of currant, blackberry, black licorice and mocha, with subtle loamy earth. E...

Andy Frieden: Brilliant ruby red color intensity. Classic Napa fruit on the nose is perfumed with cherry blossom, loamy soil and that famous Rutherford Dust, only found off Hwy. 29 in Napa....

Jeff Loo: Brooding, dark purple color with very little variation. Rich aromas of plum, graphite and wet stone, paired with cassis, chocolate and baking spice. The palate is medium to fu...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Another massive, highly extracted monster that begs for a decade of patience is the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon West Ledge. (234 cases produced). It should last for 50 years. 93+

Wine Spectator: Polished, generous and airy in texture, with pure currant and blackberry flavors that hint at coffee as the finish lingers against fine tannins. Drink now through 2014.-HS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge wine bursting with dark fruit, mocha, spices, tar and licorice. It shows remarkable depth, richness and intensity from start to finish. T...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The same can be said for the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Monolith. Slightly more opulent with a sumptuous perfume of espresso roast, chocolate, and creme de cassis as well as supe...

Wine Enthusiast: This has intensely concentrated flavors of black currant, blueberry preserves, violet, vanilla and buttered toast; it's as delicious as any Cabernet out there. The structure s...

Wine Enthusiast: Concentrated and wonderfully aromatic, this ages for 32 months in 75% new French oak, plus another 28 months in bottle prior to its release. Smooth as silk, it mixes berry, ch...