Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon comes across as luscious and beautifully balanced. Bright red fruit, flowers and spices are some of the notes that flow from the glass in this sedu...

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: So smooth and lush, it's hard to keep from drinking the whole bottle. Shows wonderfully smooth, sweet blackberries, cherries and raspberries, balanced with supple tannins and ...

Wine Enthusiast: This big, strong Cabernet insists on pushing its blackberry, currant, plum and cocoa flavors across the palate. It's not subtle, and doesn't apologize for it. The grapes are f...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District shows off considerable focus and depth, not to mention terrific overall balance. Dark plums, cherries, spices, licorice and cas...

Wine Spectator: Intense and potent, with a rich mix of lead pencil, graphite, dark and dried berry, cedar and anise flavors. Maintains its intensity and persistence on the long, chewy finish....

Wine Spectator: This is tough-edged, earthy and chewy, revealing a dense core of extracted dark berry, plum and roasted herb flavors. Needs time, but has much to admire. Best from 2014 throug...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full ruby-red. Blackberry and licorice on the nose. Deeper and sweeter than the Palm Terrace; a step up in texture and concentration. Good density and enlivening spice to i...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Pungent, oak-spiced aromas of dark fruit compote and cherry, with pipe tobacco, mocha and lavender nuances. Sappy and expansive, offering seamless, sweet blackc...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate spent 14 months in 100% new barrels. It is a rich, textured wine endowed with exquisite finesse and class in its dark black fruit, grilled h...

Wine Spectator: A cool-climate expression of Cabernet, pungent, gamy and herbal, with a loamy earth edge to the dried berry and currant. Gains on the finish. Should be cellared, if briefly, a...

Wine Enthusiast: Feels chunky and gritty in the mouth, with fresh young tannins giving a hard bite. Down under all that are flavors of ripe blackberry jam and spice. It doesn't seem likely thi...

Wine Spectator: Creamy vanilla-tinged oak cloaks dried currant and berry fruit, graphite and crushed rock, firming nicely on the finish. A true to form Cakebread Cabernet. Drink now through 2...

Wine Spectator: Creamy vanilla-tinged oak cloaks dried currant and berry fruit, graphite and crushed rock, firming nicely on the finish. A true to form Cakebread Cabernet. Drink now through 2...

Connoisseurs' Guide: Paraduxx has lately expanded its line-up of various red blends, and the Cabernet-based "C Blend" bottling is an eminently tasty offering that is long on straightforward, decid...

Wine Enthusiast: This is rich with tannins and a little heavy on the palate with massive, concentrated flavors of blackberry jam, licorice and mocha. Delicious in that classic Napa way, if ...

Wine Enthusiast: From the winery’s estate vineyard, on the eastern side of the Oakville appellation, this Cab is incredibly lush and delicious. It dazzles with rich blackberry, cherry pie, cur...

Jeff Loo: Dark purple with a ruby rim. This small production Oakville release is 100% cabernet sauvignon. Rich aromas of blue and black fruit, mocha and espresso bean are accented with ...