1990 Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux , France
VintageVCH 1990 Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux , France $345.00
FREE shipping. The very good This light ruby colored wine was showing signs of age. With complex aromatics of tobacco, truffle, cassis and fresh leaves were a pleasure to spend with, Medium bodied with elegant textures, the wine finished with spicy cassis. The wine was made blending 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 13% Cabernet Franc.Chateau Brane Cantenac is usually better with at least 10 years of bottle age. Of course that can vary slightly, depending on the vintage character. Chateau Brane Cantenac offers its best drinking and should reach peak maturity between 12-35 years of age after the vintage.
1994 Robert Mondavi Winery Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
VintageVCH 1994 Robert Mondavi Winery Reserve Cabernet... $339.00
TWinemaker NotesNuances of spice, cedar forest and licorice lead to rich layers of cassis, boysenberry and black cherry which slowly unfold on the palate. The wine is complex with broad, muscular tannins, excellent structure and a long, velvety finish.PressRated 97 Points Robert Parker's Wine AdvocateI had the 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve (97 points) a half-dozen times this year, and it may be the finest Cabernet ever from Mondavi. This has a very different bouquet to the 1996: lighter and minty, more red fruit than black fruit profile, raspberry, bergamot, a touch of leather coming through. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, almost filigree tannins, harmonious, light and more Bordeaux like than other vintages with a little dryness coming through on the ferrous, honey-textured finish. This exudes style and panache. One of the greats of the decade, no doubt. At check out use code WINELOVER to get 10% discount.  
1995 Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac, Grand Cru Classe since 1855.
Pauillac, Bordeaux 1995 Chateau Pontet-Canet Pauillac, Grand C... $419.00
"One of Pauillac's most consistently brilliant wines”. Fifth Growth. Cinquieme Grand Cru Classe in 1855.   99JS ,94 Wine Spectator"This is the best Pontet-Canet I have ever tasted. Dark ruby-colored, offering berry, raspberry and dark chocolate character. Full-bodied and very fruity, with big, velvety tannins. A glorious red, this goes on and on on the palate, displaying wonderful structure and fruit.    Jean-Francois de Pontet, royal governor of the Medoc, combined several vineyard plots in Pauillac in the early 18th century. Years later, his descendants added neighbouring vines in a place named Canet. This was the beginning of one of the largest estates in the Medoc, which quite naturally added the name of its founder to that of the land registry reference
2013 CADE Estate CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA VALLEY
VintageVCH 2013 CADE Estate CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA ... $299.00
FREE SHIPPING. The Cade Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 2013 is a red wine from Howell Mountain AVA in Napa Valley. This wine is fantastic with aromas of clove, cranberry, raspberry, coffee, cinnamon, black pepper, and coco nibs. Gloriously pure notes of boysenberry, graphite, blackberry, coffee, and dark chocolate soar from the glass and cascade over the palate. The wine is full-bodied, with an opulent, velvety texture, pure, rich with firm tannins and bold structure that is classic Howell Mountain. Blend: 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec, 4% Merlot, 3% PetitVerdot. Given the opportunity to build the winery from the ground up, Newsom, Getty, and Conover were committed to constructing a state-of-the-art winery that would pay tribute to the land, both aesthetically and ecologically. This commitment would go above and beyond the standard benchmark of environmental responsibility, especially in the world of wine. The end goal, to construct the first CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) organically farmed, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified Estate Winery in the Napa Valley. The two-fold commitment initiated in the vineyards with a painstaking program of natural cultivation to convert the vineyards to organic farming practices. “Change is good, green is good, organic is good,” says CADE partner John Conover about the estate’s environmentally proactive approach to winemaking. “We’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do as stewards of the land.”Today, Winemaker Danielle Cyrot continues to craft high elevation cabernet sauvignon that articulates the intense, powerful character of our estate while maintaining a balance of mountain fruit, firm acidity and judicious oak for layered, complex wines that reflect approachability and age ability – this nuanced, artisanal expression that Cade refers to as Modern Howell Mountain.  
2012 Swanson Merlot Napa Valley
VintageVCH 2012 Swanson Merlot Napa Valley $79.00
 A cab-lover's Merlot...   Merlot has remained at the core Swanson Vineyards’ identity since Clarke Swanson purchased the estate vineyard in 1985. The clay-loam soil in the 75-acre Oakville vineyard and close relationships with several of Napa’s best growers are the most vital factors in our quest to make Napa Valley’s premier Merlot.especially in the world of wine. Winemaker Notes: Immediately inviting, the nose opens like a summer’s day, ripe fruit, red currant, strawberries and rose petals. On the palate the wine delivers crisp raspberry acidity alongside a succulent and dense mouth feel. Precise tannins give a refreshing lift to this well-structured Merlot. Built to be immediately assessable as well as rewarding medium cellaring (5-7years) this good-natured wine will pair well with a wide variety of foods.- Robin Akhurst, Winemaker 2012 was a near perfect growing season. A mild spring delivered good fruit set followed by a warm summer and fall, allowing perfect ripeness. With no pressure to pick, we were able to let the grapes hang on the vine, to deliver the very best flavors. Thick skins and very little disease pressure gave us clean grapes that required little sorting in the winery.  
2011 Russian River Valley
VintageVCH 2011 Russian River Valley "Saitone Ranch" Z... $89.00
Flat $14.9 Shpping . Limited Library Release. 92% Zinfandel8% Mixed Black Varieties (Alicante Bouschet, Grand Noir, Petit Bouschet).        Saitone Ranch is the oldest of the Piner-Olivet vineyards, planted c. 1895 on the east side of the Laguna de Santa Rosa flood plain. In this vintage, we decided to pick these teinturiers along with the Zinfandel for cofermentation.  Bottled unfined and unfiltered.  A very exciting new vineyard designate. Tasting Notes: Deep ruby-purple.  Bordering on opaque.  An intoxicating nose of black raspberry and licorice allsorts is complemented by notes of blood orange and violet.  On the palate, an explosion of black raspberry fruit. Suave and harmonious tannins build through the long, spice-laden finish.  Like so many of our 2011s, there is great purity, freshness, and precision in this wine.  Optimum drinking for this beauty should be from late 2014 through the end of 2023.
Iván Tamás 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon North Coast, Napa County
VintageDP Iván Tamás 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon North Co... $229.00
FREE shipping. 43% Napa , 23% Sonoma , 34 Mendocino County. A comment to quality by Ivan Tamas Fuezy and Steve Mirassou. Cabernet Sauvignon. Bold and structured wine, full bodied with beautiful aromas, layers of dark fruit, blueberry and oak , great balance with tannins which complements the wine. The art label is entitled "Bacchu's Dream" by James LaMarche is a reflection of pleasure to serve you with unforgettable wine experience. Food suggestion : Beef and venison. 
Gelso D'Oro 2017, (Italian Caymus) - The Simple Wine
Podere 29 Gelso D'Oro 2019, (Italian Caymus ) #1 Best... $65.00
2019 vintage is original Winner of 1st best red wine of Italy 2022, 99 points by Luca Maroni "Organic, Italian Caymus," the Gelso d'Oro has a dark ruby red intense color. It consists of powerful aromas of the ripe grapes, black berry and currant fruit aromas, and tones of cocoa/dark chocolate, cinnamon, and cumin. The wine is extremely full bodied with a very balanced, rich, complex and extremely long finish. Grape variety: 100% Nero Di Troia (Black of Troy), Puglia. The origin dates back to pre-Roman era. Pairing: Great with rich and spicy first courses, baked and grilled red meat, game in rosemary sauces. Vinification : after night hand harvesting in mid September and gently pressing, the grapes are placed for the first refinement in a steel tank for 12 months then for second refining in wood barriques 1 ° E for 8 months and then in the bottle for another 6-8 months.
Château Lascombes Margaux (Grand Cru Classé) 1994
VintageVCH Château Lascombes Margaux (Grand Cru Classé... $425.00
FREE shipping. Cabernet sauvignon, merlot , petit verdot(~5%) Chateau Lascombes is a wine estate in the Margaux appellation, it was ranked a second growth in the 1855(!) Bordeaux Classification. The vineyard is situated in the northwest of the appellation, neighboring chateaux Margaux ,La Gurgue and Perriere. It covers 112 hectares (275 acres) in Margaux. The vineyard has three distinct parts of roughly equal size; a gravelly mound on which Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot are planted, a clay-gravel area of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, and clay-limestone plots better suited to Merlot. Unusually for Margaux, Merlot accounts for around 50 percent of plantings with Cabernet Sauvignon playing second fiddle along with a small amount of Petit Verdot. Despite this, the grand vin tends to feature around 55 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Less than 50,000 bottles of Chateau Lascombes Grand Crue are produced per year. Around 20,000 bottles of Haut-Medoc de Lascombes are produced from the vines outside of Margaux. It actually closely resembles the Grand Vin in this vintage with having, obviously, the same power or aging capacity. 
Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux (Grand Cru Classé) 1994
VintageVCH Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux (Grand Cru ... $159.00
 Cabernet sauvignon, merlot . Fourth Growth. Quatrieme Grand Cru Classe in 1855(!). Previously Château Le Prieuré and Château Prieuré-Cantenac.
1987 Beaulieu Vineyard(BV) Library Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley
Vintage 1987 Beaulieu Vineyard(BV) Library Selectio... $189.00
FREE shipping.Beaulieu Vineyard is a historically significant winery in California's Rutherford AVA that has been producing wine for more than a century. During Prohibition, it managed to obtain a contract to supply sacramental wine to churches, meaning it was able to remain in production between 1920 and 1933 when the Volstead Act was repealed. This makes Beaulieu one of the longest continually operational wineries in the United States.The company was founded in 1900 by Georges de Latour. His background was not in winemaking or vineyard management, so he hired famed enologist André Tchelistcheff to come to Rutherford to establish the estate. Tchelistcheff went on to create the prestige cuvée Library Selection Rutherford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, and mentored many of the next generation of Napa winemakers, including Robert Mondavi, Mike Grgich and Joe Heitz. Producer The deep roots of Beaulieu Vineyard were first planted back in 1900, when founder Georges de Latour noticed similarities with his native Bordeaux and declared the Napa Valley ideal for winemaking. He followed up on this belief by planting vineyards in Rutherford with grafted, phylloxera-resistant French vines. The Cabernet Sauvignons that de Latour crafted from these grapes gave the world its first taste of California’s promise as a world-class winemaking region. In 1938 de Latour hired the young Russo-French enologist Andre Tchelistcheff, who would become California’s most distinguished winemaker. Tchelistcheff’s knowledge of traditional French techniques and willingness to experiment in local conditions brought BV the Grand Sweepstakes Award at the Golden Gate International Exposition, and led to the creation of Napa Valley’s first reserve wine, Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
1990 Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) Library Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley
Vintage 1990 Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) Library Selecti... $132.00
FREE shipping for 2..Beaulieu Vineyard is a historically significant winery in California's Rutherford AVA that has been producing wine for more than a century. During Prohibition, it managed to obtain a contract to supply sacramental wine to churches, meaning it was able to remain in production between 1920 and 1933 when the Volstead Act was repealed. This makes Beaulieu one of the longest continually operational wineries in the United States.The company was founded in 1900 by Georges de Latour. His background was not in winemaking or vineyard management, so he hired famed enologist André Tchelistcheff to come to Rutherford to establish the estate. Tchelistcheff went on to create the prestige cuvée Library Selection Rutherford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, and mentored many of the next generation of Napa winemakers, including Robert Mondavi, Mike Grgich and Joe Heitz. Producer The deep roots of Beaulieu Vineyard were first planted back in 1900, when founder Georges de Latour noticed similarities with his native Bordeaux and declared the Napa Valley ideal for winemaking. He followed up on this belief by planting vineyards in Rutherford with grafted, phylloxera-resistant French vines. The Cabernet Sauvignons that de Latour crafted from these grapes gave the world its first taste of California’s promise as a world-class winemaking region. In 1938 de Latour hired the young Russo-French enologist Andre Tchelistcheff, who would become California’s most distinguished winemaker. Tchelistcheff’s knowledge of traditional French techniques and willingness to experiment in local conditions brought BV the Grand Sweepstakes Award at the Golden Gate International Exposition, and led to the creation of Napa Valley’s first reserve wine, Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
Sterling Vintner's Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
VintageDP Sterling Vintner's Collection Cabernet Sauv... $79.00
 Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon. An inviting deep ruby-red color. This is a very aromatic wine, offering dark fruit, cassis, dried herbs, cocoa powder and vanilla. Flavors are of more blackberry and other dark fruit, black olives, caramel, root beer and vanilla. The wine's tannins are round and chewy, offering great balance and a lingering toasty and fruity finish. A great match with red meats and pastas
Twenty Bench Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Napa Valley
VintageDP Twenty Bench Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Napa V... $89.90
Cabernet Sauvignon. Sweet big black fruit aromas that are expansive in the mouth and evocative of blackberries, licorice, chocolate covered cherries and cocoa powder. Slightly higher ripeness than past vintages with well integrated tannins that balance nicely with the sweet toasty oak. Distinctive character, with rich palate coating textures and lots of layers and depth - this is benchmark Napa Valley Cabernet! A great match with red meats and pastas
Creston Manor Winemaker's Selection Cab Sauv 1986, Paso Robles
Paso Creek Creston Manor Winemaker's Selection Cab Sau... $89.00
  Bold, rich and luscious with aromas of black cherry, spice and currant, followed by full-bodied, complex flavors of blackberry, chocolate and smoky oak that come together in a muscular yet elegant finish. The intense and elegant flavors of the 2008 Paso Creek Cabernet Sauvignon would be ideal with hearty entree.
1987 Sunny St. Helena Winery Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Paso Creek 1987 Sunny St. Helena Winery Special Select... $151.90
Sunny St. Helena winery dates back to the 1930's and is called Merryvale Winery today. It's located on Main Street right across from Gott's Roadside and produces beautiful wines (including one of my all time favorites called Profile). Bold, rich and  with aromas of black cherry and currant, followed by full-bodied, complex flavors of blackberry, chocolate and smoky oak that come together in a long  elegant finish. The intense and elegant flavors of the 1996  St Helena Cabernet Sauvignon would be ideal in 3rd day after opening  or long decanting.