Best Napa Vintages Cabernet

Six best napa cabernet sauvignons.

Best napa vintages cabernet.

It includes three cabernet sauvignon wines from each of 15 different producers. A near perfect growing season. I hope i m wrong but fans of s l v. Fay should grab what they can of pre 2012 vintages.

All the wines were bagged and each vintage wine taster brings a set of six wine glasses and does a side by side comparison. Sayburn s top scoring cabernet from the tasting is cain five 2004 rated at 96 100 points closely followed by diamond creek gravelly meadow 2016 at 95 points. That s why we also compile an annual cheat sheet showing what wine vintages are best to drink right now. Napa valley s winemakers remain committed to upholding the region s reputation for making some of the world s finest wines and early articles about the 2017 vintage describe the wines with words such as finesse great complexity of flavor and elegant 2016.

Included are the current release the previous release and the vintage to be released the following year. In the photo we see the six wines that made it to the finals of our competition. Plus recommendations for when to drink the wines at their best. The collection also includes big hitters like joseph phelps insignia a decanter wine legend as well as historic napa names such as beringer which was founded in 1876 and survived the prohibition.

Stony hill cabernet sauvignon 2009. Find ratings for recent vintages of california cabernet sauvignon and blends from napa summing up the quality and character of the wines. Some of the best years for napa cabernet sauvignon are 2007 1997 and 1994 you can find plenty of collectible complex wines from these vintages. For american cabernet sauvignon lovers the napa valley is the place for great wine.

Best napa valley cabernet under 20 vintage 2012. 2010 2011 2012 2014. And for those who follow napa wine you know why the 2015 insignia tops our best cabernet sauvignon list. Last week i participated in the annual vintage perspective tasting put on by the napa valley vintners.

Food wine executive wine editor ray isle stopped by the property to taste 10 vintages going back to 1985. Ranking the best years for napa cabernet. Spottswoode cabernet is one of the napa valley s benchmark wines.