About this Wine: "Harvest Dates: September 16, 2002 - October 5, 2002 Skin contact: 30 days Time in oak: 20 months Type of oak: 100% New, French oak from diverse forests north of the Loire ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The regular bottling of 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa is a good, straightforward Cabernet with notes of coffee beans, black currant, licorice, and vanilla. It is elegant, well-...

Wine Spectator: Light and floral, with pretty peach and grapefruit notes for interest, finishing soft. Drink now. 16,000 cases made. -HS

Wine Spectator: Aromas of dried currant, melted chocolate, sage and herb are supported by firm, gritty tannins that clamp down a bit harder than usual for this producer. It finishes with a dr...

Wine Spectator: Concentrated and earthy, this is a full-bodied, moderately tannic but complex wine, from the earthy, spicy aromas through the ripe plum and anise flavors and minerallike finis...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There is something reassuring about seeing a bottle of Chateau Montelena. This classic, old Napa Valley winery is best known...

About this Wine: Profile is the flagship red Bordeaux blend showcasing the very best fruit from each vintage. The favorite lots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Fra...

Wine Spectator: Distinctive in its earthy style, with the fruit showing through the cedary, wet wood and tobacco flavors that dominate this medium-weight, elegantly balanced wine. Some may fi...

Wine Spectator: Big, ripe and intense. Lots of plum and currant flavors that continue to emerge through the finish, where they gain a leathery, slightly bitter edge...

Wine Spectator: High-toned fruit and oak aromas lead to a medium-weight wine, with herb, cranberry and currant. Finishes with earth and anise notes and firm tannins...

Wine Spectator: A supple and restrained style, with spicy currant and berry flavors of modest proportion, finishing with firm, supple, leathery tannins. Those who prefer understated flavors w...

About this Wine: "From a historic site in Oakville, a Cabernet Sauvignon hall of fame, this wines features rich fruit and roasted coffee flavors, mouth-filling concentration and firm but suppl...

Wine Spectator: Spicy and peppery, of medium weight, with a modest range of dried cherry and berry flavors that turn dry and austere. Good but not exciting. Drink now through 2004. 13,992 cas...

Wine Spectator: Tightly wound, with firm, earthy tannins and a supple mix of earthy currant, loamy earth, anise, sage and cedar notes. Drink now through 2009.

About this Wine: "...the third vintage that Cakebread Cellars selected cabernet fruit from the best vineyards of the western as well as eastern sides of the Napa Valley; respectively...made fr...

About this Wine: "...second coolest microclimate ... Originally a prehistoric river bed, this stony, gravelly soil drains rapidly and the vines struggle for moisture... lowest yielding vineyar...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: No Specific Tasting Note

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated red-ruby. Cooler currant, floral, coffee and mint aromas, plus some enticing nutty oak. Dense, rich and sweet, with terrific inner-mouth flavor and lively, integrate...