California Red

Region: Calistoga, Napa Valley

Blend: 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petit Verdot

Region: Calistoga, Napa Valley

Blend: 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot

Region: Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Colgin Cellars

Region: St. Helena, Napa Valley

Region: Oakville, Napa Valley

Dana

Not surprisingly, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard (308 cases of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged 20 months in new French oak) is a lighter style, but it is a successful effort from this vineyard’s decomposed, rocky, volcanic soils. Well-made with no herbaceousness, it offers pretty blueberry and raspberry flavors intertwined with wet rocks, spring flowers and background oak. Bottled early to preserve its fruit, it should be enjoyed over the next 10+ years.

-Robert Parker

Region: Paso Robles, California

Blend: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot

Region: Calistoga, Napa Valley

Blend: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petite Sirah