Tag: Cabernet

Top 10 Wine 2006

Concha y Toro’s Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Don Melchor 2003

Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Don Melchor 2003 96 / $47 Chile 10,500 cases made Concha y Toro’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Don Melchor comes from 25-year-old vines in the Maipo Valley’s Puente Alto vineyard. The 2003 vintage was long and warm, but cool nights allowed for ideal ripening. The Don Melchor, which contains 5 percent Cabernet [...]

Red Wine

Robert Mondavi – Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve 2004

Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve 2004 95 points / $125 8,688 cases made California The 2004 vintage was the very last in which the Robert Mondavi family was involved with the winery, and it produced the best Mondavi Reserve since the 1996. Comprising 86 percent Cabernet Sauvignon with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, [...]

Red Wine

California’s Other Cabernet – Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Sauvignon, with apologies to Pinot Noir, is arguably the world’s most distinguished red wine grape. It’s the principal red grape of Bordeaux and the sine qua non of the extravagant new SuperTuscans. It’s what Spanish winemakers add to Tempranillo to bring it up to snuff. And in California… Cabernet is king! The earliest distinguished [...]