Cabernet Sauvignon/Meritage
YEAR    WINE/DESCRIPTION    PRICE
2010    Leviathan
Leviathan is Andy Erikson's own project. The talented winemaker, who has worked with Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Ovid, and Harlan to name just a few, has put together a delicious bottling in 2010. This is a blend of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 21% Syrah, 5% Cabernet Franc. WS 91 pts.
   $47.95
2010    Maybach Materium Cabernet Sauvignon
ST 91-93 pts.
   $165.00
2010    Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
Original wooden 3-pack. WA 95-97 pts.
   $4,785.00/3-pack
2010    Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
Original wooden box. WA 95-97 pts.
   $4,850.00/magnum
2010    Waterstone Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The same terrific wine that you've come to expect from Philip Zorn, the 2010 absolutely rocks. Blackberries, tobacco, and hints of lavender with a smoothness that belies the December bottling date. All the past vintages of Waterstone have put on weight in the bottle as they age. I would expect the same for this wine. The Waterstone folks get it right every year, providing a quality/price ratio that is off the charts.
   $22.95
2009    Bryant Family Bettina Proprietary Red
WA 97 pts pts.
   $448.00
2009    Bryant Family Cabernet Sauvignon
WA 96+, JS 97 pts.
   $649.00
2009    Cayuse Camaspelo Walla Walla Columbia Valley
82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot. WA 92 pts.
   $119.00
2009    Cayuse Flying Pig
Cabernet Franc/Merlot blend. Baron's homage to Cheval Blanc?
   $235.00
2009    Checkerboard King's Row Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Martha McClellan (Levy & McClellan and Sloan) makes this wine.
   $125.00
2009    Flanagan Bennett Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
   $85.00
2009    Meteor Perseid Coombsville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
I recently met with Jason Alexander, GM at Meteor Vineyard. He was the former Wine Director at Michelin-starred restaurants Gary Danko and Cyrus and has a great palate, so if he's involved in a wine project I'm all ears. He invited me to a lunch at Jardiniere where a group of us tasted through a vertical of Meteor Cabernet from 2005-2009. The wines were vibrant, balanced, complex expressions of Napa Cab and will be long-lived. The 2009 is just beginning to open up and show its amazing potential. WA 94 pts.
   $119.99
2009    Peter Michael L'Esprit Des Pavots
WA 94 pts pts.
   $149.95
2009    Scarecrow M. Etain Cabernet Sauvignon
Original 2-pack. WS 94 pts.
   $450.00/2-pack
2009    Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
WA 98+ pts.
   $5,800.00/magnum
2009    Waterstone Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
   $59.00
2008    Maybach Materium Weitz Vineyard Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 96 pts.
   $575.00/magnum
2008    Sloan Estate
Original wooden case. RP 96+ pts.
   $4,320.00/6-pack
2007    Husic Stag's Leap Cabernet Sauvignon
   $110.00
2007    Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 100 pts.
   $700.00
2007    Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon
Original wooden 3-pack. RP 100 pts.
   $2,100/3-pack
2006    Cayuse Camaspelo Walla Walla Columbia Valley
69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc. WA 95 pts.
   $189.95
2006    Colgin Cariad
RP 98 pts
   $370.00
2006    Harlan Estate
RP 96 pts.
   $545.00
2006    Sloan
RP 98+ pts.
   $450.00
2005    Cayuse Columbia Valley Flying Pig
Cab Franc & Merlot. WA 95 pts.
   $215.00
2005    Futo
RP 95+ pts.
   $335.00
2005    Harlan Estate
RP 97 pts.
   $570.00
2005    Harlan The Maiden
Original wooden 3-pack. RP 93 pts.
   $749.00/3-pack
2005    Maybach Materium
RP 96 pts.
   $215.00
2005    Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
Original wooden 2-pack. RP 98 pts.
   $4,400.00/2-pack
2005    Sloan
RP 96+ pts.
   $440.00
2004    Cornerstone Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
WS 89 pts
   $28.00/375 ml
2004    Futo
RP 96 pts.
   $335.00
2004    Harlan Estate
RP 98 pts.
   $590.00
2004    Levy & McClellan
RP 96 pts.
   $295.00
2004    Maybach Materium
RP 95 pts.
   $210.00
2004    Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 97 pts.
   $449.00/magnum
2004    Sloan
RP 96 pts.
   $390.00
2003    Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 95 pts.
   $145.00
2003    Colgin Cariad
RP 96 pts.
   $365.00
2003    Harlan Estate
Torn label. RP 95 pts.
   $395.00
2003    Harlan Estate
WA 95 pts.
   $999.75/magnum
2003    Harlan The Maiden
RP 91 pts.
   $179.00
2003    Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer To-Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 97 pts.
   $279.00
2003    Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 95 pts.
   $314.95
2003    Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 95 pts.
   $274.00
2003    Sloan Estate
RP 96 pts.
   $259.00
2002    Colgin Herb Lamb
RP 96 pts.
   $399.95
2002    Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 99 pts.
   $2,750.00
2001    Behrens and Hitchcock Ode to Picasso
Cabernet/Syrah blend. RP 96 pts
   $105.00
2001    Cayuse Columbia Valley Flying Pig
Bordeaux blend.
   $189.00
2001    Sloan
RP 99 pts.
   $465.00
2001    Waterstone Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
The vintage that started it all.
   $40.00
2000    Cayuse Columbia Valley Camaspelo
Bordeaux blend.
   $99.95
2000    Harlan Estate
RP 91 pts
   $445.00
2000    Harlan The Maiden
Original wooden 6-pack. RP 89 pts.
   $1,099.00/6-pack
1999    Harlan The Maiden
RP 90 pts.
   $175.00
1999    Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 97 pts.
   $299.00
1998    Dalla Valle Maya
RP 95 pts
   $285.00
1998    Dunn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
   $55.00, sale price $39.00
1997    Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 95 pts.
   $129.00
1996    Harlan The Maiden
RP 91 pts.
   $159.00
1996    Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon
RP 96 pts. Loose foil capsule.
   $299.00/magnum
1994    Dalla Valle Maya
RP 99 pts.
   $599.00
1993    Colgin Herb Lamb
RP 95 pts.
   $349.00
1993    Dalla Valle Maya
RP 98 pts.
   $495.00
1993    Vineyard 29 Grace Family Cabernet Sauvignon
   $180.00
1992    Dalla Valle Maya
RP 100 pts.
   $725.00
1992    Harlan Estate
RP 96 pts.
   $499.00
1984    B R Cohn Olive Hill Cabernet Sauvignon
Helen Turley was the winemaker.
   $110.00
1983    Forman Cabernet Sauvignon
Would make a great 30th birthday or anniversary gift. WS 90 pts.
   $160.00
1983    Newton Cabernet Sauvignon
Would make a great 30th birthday or anniversary gift. WS 96 pts.
   $150.00
1982    Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon
Spottswoode's first vintage.
   $199.00
1979    Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
WS 90 pts.
   $120.00