2021 USA Red Wine Over $100

This is packed with dark winey flavors of black currant and blackberry paste underscored with alder sweet tobacco warm paving stone and black licorice notes while a violet accent fills the background. The polished finish makes... Read More

Cakebread's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Benchland Select blends five clones from two different vineyards to yield bold scents of black cherries cassis and mocha but also some redder berries. It's medium to full-bodied edging... Read More

From the winery's estate vineyard on Howell Mountain the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Dancing Bear Ranch is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 8% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc all aged 22 months in 59% new French oak. Scents of mocha... Read More

A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot all aged in new French oak the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill appears destined to be another classic. Penetrating aromas of cassis and red berries are joined by hints... Read More

There are almost 2000 cases of the impressive 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Poetry a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon 6% Cabernet Franc 6% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot from the estate's steep rocky Poetry Vineyard. After 21 months... Read More

Like the 2018 version Colgin's 2021 Cariad is wonderfully vibrant and fresh with hints of dried sage accenting purple raspberries and cassis. It's full-bodied and velvety in texture yet taut and energetic. Nearly indescribable... Read More

Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich opulent example with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?). Full-bodied concentrated velvety and... Read More

All destemmed and aged in Burgundy pièces from the likes of Damy François Frères and Ermitage the 2021 Syrah IX Estate boasts considerable floral and herbal nuances on the nose along with something akin to rust corroded iron... Read More

This captures gorgeous flavors of mulberry blackberry and boysenberry compote and infuses them with sparkling anise sage and singed wood spice notes while iron minerality and racy acidity provide ample structure with mouthwatering... Read More

This takes an elegant approach offering racy refined notes of iris violet hibiscus and mulberry that stay focused and fresh from start to finish flashing light mineral and anise accents along the way. The finish glistens with... Read More

With a much higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon (91% with 9% Cabernet Franc) the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is less floral than the Maya but more obviously fruity and up front. Bold black cherries and cassis lead the way... Read More

This delivers a gorgeous beam of cassis plum reduction and black cherry puree flavors inlaid with a strident graphite edge. Violet sweet tobacco and anise accents form a suave backdrop with a late tug of iron. Shows serious juice.... Read More

Rich and nicely layered offering black currant and blackberry fruit that moves through slowly carried by loam singed alder and tobacco notes. A solid structure courses underneath with an echo of warm earth lingering amid the fruit.... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

While past vintages of Altagracia included some purchased fruit the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia is all estate fruit selected from certain blocks—mostly the more volcanic parcels and young vines. A blend of 89% Cabernet... Read More

Deep garnet-purple colored the 2021 The Diplomat Teralc prances out of the glass with showy notions of juicy blackberries and plum preserves followed by hints of licorice dried mint and tilled soil with a waft of sassafras. The... Read More

Deep garnet-purple colored the 2021 The Dreamer Cabernet Sauvignon bursts with bold cassis baked plums and boysenberries notes followed by hints of camphor violets and dark chocolate. The medium to full-bodied palate has a solid... Read More

Somewhat unusually for Napa Valley Cabernet Phelps's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon utilizes a fair proportion of American oak (about half). Scents of Ribena-like cassis and cherries join vanilla and cedar nuances plus hints of dusty... Read More

The 2021 Côte a Côte is a blend of 37% Grenache 32% Syrah and 31% Mourvèdre that combines power and elegance concentration and weightlessness. The glass reveals a deep well of aromas—maraschino cherry blueberry licorice rooibos... Read More

The 2021 Estate Cuvée (a 20th-anniversary edition) is composed of 50% Syrah 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Petit Verdot. Its aromas are highly complex and pure! Chocolate-covered cherry and crushed blueberry scents are complemented... Read More

Lail's 2021 J. Daniel Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon blends lots from several high-end vineyards including Heimark (Calistoga) Vine Hill Ranch (Oakville) and Steltzner (Stags Leap) plus Lail's own Mole Hill on Howell Mountain.... Read More

From a cool pocket in otherwise warm Calistoga Maybach's 2021 Amoenus Cabernet Sauvignon features aristocratic notes of crushed stone cassis black cherries and cedary overtones. A marked contrast to the sumptuous seductive... Read More

The 2021 Metisse Jumping Goat Vineyard comes from a site next to Spottswoode on the western side of St. Helena. A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% each Merlot and Petit Verdot it showcases attractive notions of ripe cherries... Read More