2010 California Cabernet Sauvignon & Red Horizontal

2010 Darioush "Caravan" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Caravan is made with the same meticulous skill and quality Napa fruit as the Darioush "Signature" wines, but it displays a more fruit-saturated palate and forward profile. A blending of 8% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot, and 2% Malbec add finesse to the Cabernet and complexity to the finish. Fruit was hand-harvested into small baskets before being sorted twice before pressing.The wine spent 22 months in 70% new French and other European oak before bottling. From the winery: "A saturated purple hue hints at the exuberant aromas of ripe, brambly fruit that leap from the glass of our 2010 Caravan Cabernet Sauvignon. The high proportion of hillside fruit comes through in this vintage with juicy fresh-picked blueberry and dark cherry notes joined by brushy sage, mocha, cedar and vanilla. A stylish wine with a firm, structured palate and polished tannins that give length and breadth to the warm and spicy finish."

2010 Notre Vin Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

2010 Alienor Cellars "Grand Vin" Lake County Red Wine

Named for Aliénor d’Aquitaine, this Lake County red follows a Bordeaux-inspired model rather than a varietally labeled California bottling. Lake County’s volcanic soils and higher-elevation vineyards give producers a distinct alternative to neighboring Napa for Cabernet-family reds.