Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2004 Chester Kidder Red Wine is made by Gilles Nicault who is also the winemaker in residence at Long Shadows. It is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Syrah, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. It was aged for 28 months in 90% new, mostly French oak. Opaque purple-colored, it reveals an alluring nose of cedar, leather, pencil lead, espresso, blueberry, and blackberry. Round and ripe on the palate, it borders on opulence while concealing enough tannin to support another 5-7 years of cellaring. The sweet, savory fruit carries through into the lengthy finish. (JM)

The 2005 Feather is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon cuvee made by Randy Dunn of Napa Valley fame. The wine was sourced from three vineyards and aged for 22 months in 90% new French oak. The nose gives up aromas of toasty oak, scorched earth, Asian spices, black currant, and blackberry. Firm and structured on the palate, there are layers of fruit and enough tannin to evolve for another 4-6 years. (JM)

Floral, black currant, blackberry, graphite, and charcoal scents jump from the glass of the 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Donn Chappellet. Silky-textured with nicely integrated wood, plenty of creme de cassis, licorice, and spring flower characteristics, this full-bodied, opulent Cabernet is broader and denser than the Merlot, but seamlessly constructed. This beauty should drink handsomely for 15 or more years

The 2007 Derby Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% varietal aged for 21 months in 48% new French oak. Aromas of wood smoke, pencil lead, espresso, tar, and black currant lead to a full-bodied, layered, tannic, ripe wine that is broodingly backward at the moment (JM)

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label sports a deep garnet-purple color and nose of crème de cassis, mocha and mulberries with touches of spice box, roses and black tea plus a waft of cigar box. Full-bodied and concentrated with a firm frame of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, it finishes long and layered. (LPB)

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2009 Dead Letter Office Shiraz has a really lovely and expressive nose with black fruits, plums, vanilla and oak with an undercurrent of dark chocolate, warm blueberries and spices. Rich and full-bodied, it offers loads of sweet fruit held in place with a medium level of grainy tannins, a crisp acid frame and a long finish. (LPB)

The 2016 The Lovers is a Cabernet Sauvignon blend with 15% Syrah added. The wine has a dense core of red and purple flowers, dusty cherries and currants and savory aromas on the nose. The wine is focused on the palate, turning just slightly tart with black peppercorn and green peppers. The finish shows precision and rich depth that is approachable now and will be for the next decade, thanks to the structured tannins. (AM)

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of each of the single-vineyard wine sites (Dr. Crane, Las Piedras and Vine Hill Ranch), plus fruit from Oakville Ranch and Weitz vineyards. It was aged for 22 months in French oak, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out of the gate with energetic scents of warm cassis, blackberry pie, boysenberries and wild blueberries plus hints of mocha, black truffles, fertile loam and lavender, with a waft of Chinese five spice.

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch Vineyard was aged for 22 months in French oak, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple in color, it bounds out of the glass with bold notions of black cherries, black raspberries and boysenberries giving way to a cassis and Indian-spice core plus wafts of crushed rocks and cast iron pan. Full-bodied, the palate has a drop-dead gorgeous frame of fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness supporting the many layers of red and black fruits, finishing long and earthy. (LPB)

Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Elysian has a deep purple-black color, prancing out of the glass with gregarious notes of fresh black and red currants, mulberries and ripe black plums, plus suggestions of pencil shavings, bouquet garni, cardamom and Indian spices with a waft of fallen leaves. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is pure seduction, delivering bags of crunchy black fruits and loads of earthy sparks with a soft, finely grained texture and background freshness, finishing very long and very earthy. (LPB)