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WineSpectator.com November 9, 2009
California Cabernet Sauvignon
These 13 California Cabernets include wines from the exciting 2007 vintage in Napa Valley, along with some exceptional values
James Laube
Posted: November 9, 2009

It’s not just your imagination: More wines—even sturdy Napa Valley Cabernets that were once held back for bottle age—are being released earlier and earlier. So the 2007 vintage dates you see in this report are not typos. The 2007s are moving to the market even as we’ve just tasted the lion’s share of the 2006s.
2007 is a great vintage for Cabernet, which means it will be easy to find exciting wines, starting with this sampling. Bialla, grown on Atlas Peak, has been fine-tuning its Cabernet, with the 2007 a worthy successor to the outstanding 2006.
Cade and Erna Schein made outstanding wines in 2007, while Lindstrom, Selene, Cornerstone and Adobe Road have outstanding 2006s. Selene, Adobe Road and Jarvis’ “Will Jarvis’ Science Project” are at least partly anchored by Cabernet Franc, and considering how important this grape is in so many wines (it is also the most expensive grape in Napa), it’s no wonder it’s making gains, often with a dash of Merlot.
You won’t find many $20 Napa Cabernets as good as the Roots Run Deep and its Educated Guess. It stood up with the much higher-priced competition. Truchard is a reliable Cabernet name, too, unique in that it’s from Carneros, so the body and weight are a little more elegant and less weighty than those from up-valley. And once again Bogle ends up with a tremendous wine, a chewy, concentrated 2007 Cabernet for $11. That’s not a typo either.

JARVIS Cabernet Franc Napa Valley Will Jarvis' Science Project 2007 Score: 92 | $105
Sleek and elegant, offering a core of ripe, fleshy plum and black cherry fruit, with shades of tobacco and mineral that turn supple and refined. Full-bodied, gaining depth and amplitude on the finish. Drink now through 2016. 391 cases made. —J.L.

Beverage Testing Institute 2007 World Wine Championships
94 points - Highest Rated Chardonnay - Chardonnay Finch Hollow 2005
89 points - Among the Top Ten Highest Rated Chardonnays - Chardonnay Reserve 2005
90 points - Among the Top Four Highest Rated Merlots - Merlot 2004 (July 2007 Release)

Dallas Morning News April 2007
Gold Medal Chardonnay Finch Hollow 2004
Gold Medal Lake William 2002
Silver Medal Chardonnay Reserve 2004
Silver Medal Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Finger Lakes Wine Competition April 2007
Gold Medal Chardonnay Finch Hollow 2004
Gold Medal Lake William 2002
Silver Medal Chardonnay Reserve 2004
Silver Medal Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

The Colorado Wine News April - June 2007 Volume 17, No. 1
The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, $85, spent 20 months in new French oak and opens with cedar, rhubarb, bell pepper, currant, and plum. All repeat as juicy, lively flavors laced with very fine tannin and nice tannin rather than finish it just sits on and clings to the palate and has good, persistent presence. Well put together. Very tasty. The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Napa Valley, $160, was aged for 26 months in new French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. It has a big, rich, ripe, inviting bouquet of sweet earth, blackberry jam, cedar, and Damson plum. Forward, rich, restrained flavors of the same plum bell pepper, and very fine, smooth, dry tannin. Everything carries through the long, broad finish. Well balanced, structured, and integrated. Very Good.

Wine Review Online March 27, 2007
Jarvis Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2001
I had lost touch with the Jarvis wines for several vintages before recently tasting this bottling and the straight 2002 Cabernet, and both made me regret the lapse. This shows exceptional aromatic complexity and very impressive dimension on the palate, with lots of toasty, smoky, spicy notes working very nicely with a core of fruit recalling blackberries and black currants. Although this hardly lacks for fruit intensity, there's a certain (welcome) restraint to the character of the fruit that makes this tougher to peg as a Napa Cab than most wines from the region. 92 Michael Franz

Wine Review Online March 20, 2007
Jarvis Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
A delicious rendering of Cabernet from a great vintage, this shows plenty of depth and length. However, it is frankly not all that tough to achieve deep, persistent flavors from Cabernet in Napa in a good growing season. What is most impressive about this wine is that it shows real intricacy and delicacy. The fruit notes show tinges of blackberries, black cherries, and red currants, with lovely little accents of tobacco leaf, woodsmoke and spices. The tannins are equal to the job of structuring the fruit, but don't do so at the cost of any hardness or dryness in the finish, which is fresh and pure thanks to plenty of bright acidity. Simply put: A thoroughbred. 92 Michael Franz

Wine Review Online August 29, 2006
Jarvis Lake William 2001
A Bordeaux-styled red blend, this wine stands out from the crowded (and pricey) Napa Valley field on two counts. First, it displays excellent balance, without excessive (and expensive) oak getting in the way of its vinous character. Ready to drink now, it has the stuffing to age gracefully for a decade. Second, it offers a distinct, and delicious, flavor profile, due in large measure to Cabernet Franc comprising nearly a third of the blend. That variety's weedy character contributes both complexity and elegance, making the wine taste simultaneously rich and refined. 91 Paul Lukacs