About this Wine: The core of the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Soda Canyon vineyard, a marvelous hillside site with tightly spaced vines planted in rocky, well-drained soil...

Wine Spectator: Delivers a tight beam of rich, complex flavors, with currant, black licorice, loamy earth, cedar and tobacco leaf notes that expand on the finish, where this maintains its f...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Two of the most impressive wines in these tastings, both of Dunn's 1986s tasted like 3-4-year old Cabernets rather than 10-year old adolescents. The 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon Na...

About this Wine: "The 2001 Rudd Oakville Estate is the second vintage from the newly replanted vineyard at the corner of Oakville Crossroad and Silverado Trail. The vineyard is planted in rock...

Wine Spectator: Enormously complex, deep, dark, rich and polished, with layers of concentrated black cherry, blackberry, currant and anise. Framed by pretty toasty oak, the fruit holds a firm...

Wine Spectator: ...Distinctive and has a lot of personality. Packs in ripe currant, black cherry, herb and coffee flavors that are deep and complex. Framed by toasty, buttery oak, it finishes...

About this Wine: "The 2001 Rudd Oakville Estate is the second vintage from the newly replanted vineyard at the corner of Oakville Crossroad and Silverado Trail. The vineyard is planted in rock...

About this Wine: "A bold, ripe, rich and polished Cabernet from an exciting Oakville producer, with layers of earthy currant, spice, mineral, plum and toasty, spicy oak. A wonderfully deliciou...

About this Wine: "149 cases made. Last tasted 10-16-04. Most of the fruit was under contract to Duckhorn winery. Because of this commitment, the fruit Hourglass took that year was in close...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep ruby-red. Complex aromas of currant, licorice, graphite, bitter chocolate, smoked meat, tobacco and brown spices. Began juicy, penetrating and quite youthfully unevo...

Wine Spectator: Smooth and sophisticated, with complex, graceful mocha, espresso bean, dried berry, currant, black cherry and plum woven together in an open-knit style that's deceptively deep...

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: Young and rambunctious, intense and concentrated, with a mix of wild berry, currant, smoke, roasted meat, charred oak and ripe currant fruit, supported by firm tannins. Finish...

Wine Spectator: Remarkably complex and well-made, with a core of earthy currant, black cherry, beet root, anise, tobacco and cedary notes. Turns earthier on the finish, in a pleasing way, wit...

Wine Spectator: Firm, rich and intense, with a complex band of ripe currant, anise, nutmeg and black cherry fruit that slowly unfolds, revealing extra layers of concentration and depth and fi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good saturated ruby-red. Perfumed aromas of currant, black cherry, espresso, milk chocolate and flowers; a real essence of Napa Valley cabernet. Enters the palate like silk, t...

Wine Spectator: Shopping for your cellar? Stash this California Cab away for the next two to ten years and you'll be rewarded. It's deliciously complex, with earth, cedar, plum, currant, blac...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Superripe aromas of crystallized red berries, cassis, graphite and grilled nuts. Lush, sweet and minerally; already displays compelling inner-mouth complexity and superb de...

About this Wine: The core of the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Soda Canyon vineyard, a marvelous hillside site with tightly spaced vines planted in rocky, well-drained soil...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Sexy aromas and flavors of black raspberry, dark chocolate and licorice. Supple, sweet and concentrated, but with a solid spine of suave tannins giving shap...