Collectors should seek this one out for the cellar – it ages beautifully for 5-7 years, at least. Made in the Bordeaux style with barrel fermentation and some Semillon in the blend, it is creamy, toasty, and full, with opulent but balanced buttercream and pineapple on the palate. Pair it decadently: truffle risotto!
Perfection is this Pandora's box of delights: achingly pure cassis and dark cherry fruit, tree bark and smoke earthiness, chocolate-dipped espresso and vanilla beans, carried to your palate on a velvet cushion.
The signature tangerine-green apple, fruit kissed with a touch of waxy creaminess from partial barrel fermentation, are this blue chip SB's signature. Pair with sundried tomato and goat cheese pasta.
A Napa blue chip that's both powerful and elegant, with layers of briary tobacco, dark cherry, bitter chocolate and cassis notes. Ages beautifully for decades.
Vivid layers of papaya and guava with a tangerine tang that keeps you yearning for more. One of the best SBs in all of California and worth the splurge.
This is a charry-dusty power/finesse phenom. Its pencil dust, mint, succulent cassis and velvet plushness stand with the world's best Cabs.
Opulent without being over-the-top. The lavish oak imparts a vanilla-creaminess to the succulent grilled pineapple and honey flavors. Bring on the lobster!
A true Napa classic. California Cab lovers can guess it blind because of the fragrance of mint, cedar and eucalyptus, and the powerful, tarry black cherry and pipe tobacco on the palate. Ages for decades.
One whiff brings a wave of layers: cedar, olives, tobacco, mint, smoke, cocoa and black cherry. Break out your best cheeses, velvety prime rib, or duck.
Dalla Valle is the elegant lady in the cult Cab realm, dressed (and ready for a duck dinner) in a velvet cloak of anise, wet brick earthiness and dense black cherry.
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