California Red Wines
California Red Wines
Whether it’s Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah or Zinfandel, Californian red wine producers have a lovely habit of taking a varietal and expressing its essence in a unique, never before seen way. From Napa Valley to the regions south of Los Angeles, there’s a red for everyone – and it’s never too late to start exploring.-
1993 Araujo Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml97RPAvailability: In StockAraujo Estate's 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard may eclipse the great 1991. It offers a huge nose of black-cherries, blackcurrants, minerals, and vanillin, a stunning display of super-concentrated fruit, full body, and power allied ..." Learn More- 750 ml$249.00 -
1994 Bryant Family - 750 ml98RPAvailability: In StockA potentially perfect wine, the 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a fabulous nose of cassis, cream, blueberries, violets, minerals, and spice. It smells like a hypothetical blend of a great vintage of L'Evangile, Clinet, and Mouton-Rothschild...." Learn More- 750 ml$489.00 -
1995 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red - 1.5L96RPAvailability: In StockPahlmeyer's proprietary red table wine tends to be Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated (usually 80-85%) with small portions of Malbec, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. The 1995 Proprietary Red Wine may be even better than the 96 point sco..." Learn More- 1.5L$525.00 -
1995 Bryant Family - 750 ml99RPAvailability: In StockThe 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon is cut from the same mold as the profound 1996, displaying astonishing levels of black fruits (the usual suspects - blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and cassis), phenomenal concentration, and virtually per..." Learn More- 750 ml$485.00 -
1995 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select - 750 ml99RPAvailability: In StockThe 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select possesses lots of fatness in the mid-palate. There is plenty of tannin in this full-bodied, rich effort. It is remarkable how the finest California Cabernets combine extraordinary power and richne..." Learn More- 750 ml$455.00 -
1996 Araujo Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml95RPAvailability: In StockAraujo's Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard has become a benchmark.
The 1996 had been bottled several months before my visit. A blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot, there are 2,200 cases. A super..." Learn More- 750 ml$225.00 -
1997 Araujo Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon - 1.5L95VMAvailability: In StockDeep ruby-red. High-pitched, slightly floral aromas of black raspberry, plum, lead pencil and a hint of chocolate. Great velvety sweetness and ripeness in the mouth; enticing game and mocha notes complement the dark berry fruit. Already sho..." Learn More- 1.5L$649.00 -
1997 Bryant Family - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockI have consumed several bottles of the 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill. One of the most awesome young reds I have ever tasted, it possesses a black/purple color, a seamless texture, and freakishly high levels of intensity (cassis, bl..." Learn More- 750 ml$955.00 -
1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockAn inky/plum/purple color is accompanied by a stunning bouquet of violets, charcoal, creme de cassis and a hint of toast. Prodigious when it hits the palate with a full-bodied expansiveness, there is not a hard edge to be found in the 1997,..." Learn More- 1.5L$995.00 -
1997 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select appears to be a clone of the 1994. Like many of the finest wines of this vintage, it is already very expressive (much like the 1994), with an intense, explosive fragrance of flowers, licorice, and..." Learn More- 750 ml$499.00 -
1998 Araujo Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml94RP-NMAvailability: In Stock...This nose is far more expressive than the Dalla Valle, macerated red cherries, sloe, coconut, vanilla and a touch of chalk dust. Nice lift. Good definition. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins, nice balanced, this seems to..." Learn More- 750 ml$169.00 -
1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml95WSAvailability: In StockA potent wine, dark, rich and concentrated, with a tight, intense, sharply focused beam of spicy currant, black cherry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit that unfolds gracefully, revealing extra facets of depth and complexity...
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2000 Kalin Cellars Pinot Noir Cuvee DD Sonoma - 750 ml95+JGAvailability: In StockMy goodness, where has the time gone? Here is a pinot noir from Frances and Terry Leighton that actually has its roots in the twenty-first century! It happens to be from the Demostene Ranch, home to Kalin’s finest pinot bottlings sinc..." Learn More- 750 ml$44.95 -
2000 Araujo Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml94VMAvailability: In StockMedium ruby-red. Blackcurrant, black cherry, licorice and tar on the bright nose. Sweet, lush and full, with primary dark fruit flavors complicated by smoky oak. Strongly oaky and impressively sweet on the back end, which features very fine..." Learn More- 750 ml$169.00 -
2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml94+RPAvailability: In StockTwo terrific wines from Dalla Valle, the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc) from their hillside vineyards in Oakville, exhibits a dense purple color along with a beautifully sweet perfume of c..." Learn More- 750 ml$149.00 -
2001 Hundred Acre Vyd Cabernet Sauv Kayli Morgan - 750 ml98RPAvailability: Available SoonHaving performed spectacularly well last year in the retrospective of ten-year old Napa Cabernets, this 2001 remains incredibly young, with all of its potential waiting to burst forth. Its dense purple color is followed by notes of mulberri..." Learn More- 750 ml$529.00 -
2001 Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon - 3L99RPAvailability: In StockA resoundingly great effort from this iconic producer, Ridge’s 2001 is a spectacular, still young but promising wine. Interestingly, 60% of the production from the winery’s 108 acre Monte Bello Vineyard made it into the 2001&rsq..." Learn More- 3L$2,599.00 -
2001 Paul Hobbs Cab Sauv Beckstoffer To Kalon Vyd - 750 ml97RPAvailability: In StockA compelling, potentially legendary effort, there are 896 cases of the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Vineyard To-Kalon. An inky/purple color is accompanied by a classic Cabernet nose of tobacco smoke, creme de cassis, licorice, and le..." Learn More- 750 ml$319.00 -
2002 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon - 750 ml93RPAvailability: In StockThe sensational 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc from the red soils of their vineyards planted in the Oakville Corridor on the eastern hillsides overlooking the valley floor vineyards of Sc..." Learn More- 750 ml$229.00 -
2002 Colgin Cariad Proprietary Red - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockI was blown away by the 2002 Cariad (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc). Aromas of Asian spices, soy, black cherries, creme de cassis, roasted coffee, new saddle leather, and game emerge from this black beauty. Again..." Learn More- 750 ml$389.00 -
2002 Sine Qua Non Just For The Love Of It - 3L100RPAvailability: In StockA dead-ringer (at least aromatically) for Guigal’s single vineyard Cote Rotie La Mouline, the 2002 Just For The Love of It is the greatest California Syrah I have yet tasted. A one-thousand case blend of 96% Syrah, 2% Grenache, and 2%..." Learn More- 3L$7,395.00 -
2002 Harlan Estate - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockThe extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, ..." Learn More- 1.5L$2,499.00 -
2002 Dalla Valle Maya - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockAs stunning as this basic Cabernet Sauvignon is, the 2002 Maya, a proprietary blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Cabernet Franc, is pure perfection. It boasts an inky purple color as well as an extraordinary perfume of incense, black f..." Learn More- 750 ml$695.00 -
2002 Peter Michael Les Pavots - 750 ml99RPAvailability: In StockA great, great success (and of course, this is Knight’s Valley material), the 2002 Les Pavots, which I loved from barrel as well as bottle, still has a good 20+ years of life ahead of it. At this point, it is tasting like a vigorous y..." Learn More- 750 ml$269.00