One of the best Cabernets under $50. The Ladera 2013 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of the two excellent estate vineyards of Ladera, the Lone Canyon Ranch and the Howell Mountain. previous vintage 90 Points Robert Parker: "The least expensive effort, and a top value for a Napa Cabernet, is the Cabernet Sauvignon Napa. A dark ruby/plum-colored blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Petit Verdot and Malbec, it offers up notes of plums, cassis and blue fruits, silky tannins, a fleshy, ripe style and not a hard edge to be found. This impressive effort is the type of Cabernet Sauvignon that normally costs 2-3 times the price. Drinkable now, this sleeper of the vintage will age for a decade or more."
Eric Grasser
Pleasant moderately priced Napa Cab with black cassis, cherry, graphite, light eucalyptus, ground cocoa and violet
Pleasant moderately priced Napa Cab with black cassis, cherry, graphite, light eucalyptus, ground cocoa and violet
9.0Isaac Pirolo
Classic aromas of black cherry, graphite, vanilla, and dried herbs. Backward in the mouth and needed a couple hours to open up, but everything translates through to the palate with just a touch of baking chocolate added. Tannins are mouth drying and slightly herbaceous, but stop short of being "green" or raw. Needs time.
Classic aromas of black cherry, graphite, vanilla, and dried herbs. Backward in the mouth and needed a couple hours to open up, but everything translates through to the palate with just a touch of baking chocolate added. Tannins are mouth drying and slightly herbaceous, but stop short of being "green" or raw. Needs time.
8.9Roy Goble
I'll go with the consensus on this one with a modest 8.9 rating
I'll go with the consensus on this one with a modest 8.9 rating
8.9Boris Mathiszik
Del Mar wine tasting 3/20/16.
Del Mar wine tasting 3/20/16.
9.0Andrew Neyer
From mag
From mag
9.4Bill Robinson
Smells amazing
Smells amazing
8.9Michal Sulkowski
Good wine at a reasonable price point for a great vintage.
Good wine at a reasonable price point for a great vintage.
9.3Kelly Buckley
Medium body, well balanced, fruity. Light clean finished.
Medium body, well balanced, fruity. Light clean finished.
9.1Tyler McNulty
Let it sit for 20 years
Let it sit for 20 years
9.0Scott Newman
All you could want
All you could want
9.2WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.