California Wine Over $100

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Trailer Vineyard exudes serious richness and intensity. Unctuous dark fruit mocha blueberry spice and cloves build as this voluptuous huge wine shows off its personality. The Trailier is an unusually... Read More

Altogether much more serious than Lail's Blueprint bottling (and priced accordingly) the 2019 J. Daniel Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon comes primarily from the Vine Hill Ranch Dutch Canyon (Heimark) and Steltzner Vineyards. Marked... Read More

This is structured complex dense and lengthy a celebration of dark berry fruit that is layered and velvety smooth on the palate. Tobacco oak and dried herb accent it with ease complementing and contrasting in myriad ways and landing... Read More

The 2015 Firebelle is their Merlot-dominated cuvée. Coming from the sandy soils called Bale Loam it’s a blend of 71% Merlot 21% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Petit Verdot. This is a more tightly knit wine with loads of lack fruits... Read More

The 2015 LMV Salon Proprietary Red is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc aged in 75% new French oak. They tend to make about 600+ cases of this wine which comes from their gravelly sandy and clay soils. A sensational... Read More

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain was aged in French oak barrels for 22 months 97% new. Deep garnet-purple colored it rolls effortlessly out of the glass with notes of warm cassis black... Read More

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder was aged in French oak barrels for 22 months 94% new. Deep garnet-purple colored it soars out of the glass with vivacious scents of black cherries black... Read More

"Another wine with plenty of near and medium-term appeal the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon is built on texture and ripeness. Dark red cherry plum smoke tobacco and spices flesh out in a supple super-ripe Cabernet Sauvignon with no hard... Read More

The estate-grown 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Mon Chevalier is a blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon 4% Cabernet Franc 1% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot. Very deep purple-black in color it charges forth with intense notes of crushed black... Read More

It's a new day for this producer which is stepping slightly off the gas to make more nuanced balanced wines. This is no exception: a restrained offering of earthy mushroom soy cedar leather and juicy red fruit that disentangles... Read More

Very deep garnet-purple in color the 2018 Opus One soars out of the glass with bright bold boysenberries warm cassis and ripe juicy black plums notes plus emerging nuances of lilacs oolong tea cinnamon stick tilled soil and black... Read More

The 2019 Hexameter is a powerful brooding wine that is going to need at least a handful of years to come together. The aromatics usually so expressive here are quite hushed. Instead what stands out is the wine huge core of fruit... Read More

There are not many better Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon blends out there than the 2021 Avoyelles Oakville which checks in as 54% Cabernet Sauvignon 44% Cabernet Franc and the balance Petit Verdot most of which was co-fermented.... Read More

All Clone 7 from a site outside of St. Helena near Spottswoode the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon A. Price Vineyard offers terrific purity in its red blue and black fruits as well as notes of spring flowers and loamy earth. With velvety... Read More

The inky purple/blue-tinged 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard is more focused and tight with pure aromatics of blue fruits chocolate graphite and iron. Medium to full-bodied on the palate it shows the structured... Read More

The 2019 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon was made with free-run juice and matured for 30 months in 100% new French oak. It has a deep ruby color and alluring tones of truffle brown sugar and coffee to begin opening with time to very... Read More

The 2020 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon made entirely with free-run juice will be in 100% new French oak barrels for 30 months. It has an opaque ruby-black color and youthfully gregarious aromas of cassis blueberries pencil shavings... Read More

The 2020 Caves des Lions is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Cabernet Franc made from free-run juice and will be matured in 100% new French oak for 22 months. Opaque ruby-purple it has savory aromas of mushroom pipe tobacco... Read More

I always find an incredible sense of minerality from this site and the 2021 Pinot Noir Lancelot Pisoni Vineyard has bright red fruits white flowers crushed stone and violet-like aromas and flavors. Rich medium to full-bodied tight... Read More

In 2009 Peter Michael purchased the former Showket Vineyard in Oakville on the hillside below Continuum and above Dalla Valle. That is the source for the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Au Paradis a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon 16%... Read More