A potentially perfect wine which is in bottle after having spent 30 or so months in a combination of old and new oak...The 2001 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (a 1300-case blend of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 27 months in oak) offers gorgeously fresh lively but super-concentrated fruit. Inky blue/purple to the rim with a spectacular nose of creme de cassis licorice camphor and a hint of vanilla this wine is sensationally rich has remarkable intensity a multi-dimensional palate and fabulous concentration and depth...should easily and effortlessly evolve for 20 or more years.

Phenomenal wine with seductive spicy mocha and chocolaty oak aromas and ripe rich plush currant and blackberry flavors that are deeply concentrated; reveals extra layers of complexity and depth and finishes with a potent burst of ripe flavors. No denying its tannic strength but this wine packs a wallop of fruit as well...

The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a gorgeous wine of its era, when winemaking was under the direction of Bob Foley. Black cherry, chocolate, licorice, tobacco, cedar, torrefaction and toasted oak literally explode from this powerhouse Cabernet. All things considered, the 2001 has aged very well. Personally, I would have preferred to drink this a few years ago, when there was certainly more fruit, but its hard to fault the 2001 too much. It is a very representative wine of 20 years ago in Napa Valley. -- Antonio Galloni