The Best Cabernet in Napa: Tasting Premiere Napa Valley 2008
One of my favorite events each year involves the opportunity to sample some of the best wines that Napa produces in a given vintage. At Premiere Napa Valley, an auction that serves as the world's most expensive "bake sale" to support the efforts of the non-profit Napa Valley Vintners Association, journalists like me get a chance to sneak a taste of hundreds of unique wines that are purchased by the nation's top wine retailers at staggeringly high prices.
This year, as every year, 200 member wineries each crafted a unique auction lot of wine that in most cases represents the very best wine that they are capable of producing.
The 2006 vintage looks to be a very good one, Apart from these not-for-sale-to-the-general-public barrels, and an occasional offering to mailing list customers, most Napa Valley wineries don't offer wine futures for sale. Which means that all we can do is wait, knowing that at least one future vintage will likely have some real winners.
WINES SCORING BETWEEN 9.5 and 10
2006 Laird Family Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 BOND Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
WINES WITH A SCORE AROUND 9.5
(Parallel Napa Valley is one of the very top wines of the 200 superb wines presented at Premiere Napa!)
2006 Amuse Bouche Winery "Pomerol blend--Merlot/Cabernet Franc" Merlot, Napa Valley
2006 Lail Vineyards"Heimark Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Peacock Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Spring Mountain District
2006 Blackbird Vineyards Red Table Wine, Napa Valley
2006 Parallel Napa Valley "Parallel Estate" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Shafer Vineyards " Sunspot Vineyard "Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District
2006 Chappellet Winery and Vineyard "Heaven on the Hill" Red Wine, Napa Valley
2005 Schramsberg Vineyards "1993 Late Disgorged J. Schram" Sparkling Wine - Brut, Napa Valley
2006 Diamond Terrace "Two Mountains" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 D. R. Stephens Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Jones Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 RUDD Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Veeder
2006 Spencer Roloson Winery "La Herradura Vineyard Le Ferrieur" Syrah, Napa Valley
2006 Robert Foley Vineyards and Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Carter Cellars Red Wine, Atlas Peak
2006 La Jota Vineyard Co. "Winery Vineyard" Cabernet Franc, Howell Mountain
2006 Narsai David "Cuvee Venus" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Dyer Vineyard "Meteor Vineyard Clone 4" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
2006 Hourglass "36-24-36" Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena
Vinography - Posted 2/24/08 - Click the link below to see this story.
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