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Do you still have bottles of our 1997 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon or 1997 Napa Valley Cabernet aging in your cellar? Not only do they taste delicious, but they are also increasing in value. In their most recent issue, Wine Spectator magazine reported that according to their auction index our Whitehall Lane 1997 Reserve Cabernet increased in value by 175% and the 1997 Napa Valley Cabernet rose by 96%.
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 - Napa Valley Silver Anniversary. Reviews from Wine Spectator and Decanter Magazine's World Wine Awards.
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2003 - The 2003 Reserve Cabernet is the first wine in North America to be
distinguished with a revolutionary glass closure.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
2005- Reviews from Quarterly Review of Wine and Decanter World Wine Awards.
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2004- 91 Points. "...this is a sumptuous, lush young wine that offers all the fancy fruit and oak you expect from an upscale Napa Cab."
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2003 - Wine Spectator's Great California Cabernets and Three Stars from Decanter Magazine's California Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Report.
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2002 - Four Stars. "Poised, lovely, charming fruit; supple. Enjoy 3-7 years."
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2001 - Exceptional vintage! Reviews include Wine Enthusiast, Quarterly Review of Wines, and Wine Spectator.
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2000 - 88 Points, Wine Spectator. "VERY GOOD. 88 Points. Supple, harmonious and graceful, with mocha and dill-scented oak wrapped around rich currant, olive and leathery notes. Well balanced and complex. Best from 2004 to 2010."
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Merlot
2005- Bronze Medal- World Wine Awards
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2004- Reviews from Wine Spectator and Quarterly Review of Wines.
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2003- Best of Show: Five Star Wine. "Deep, rich, ripe, long, elegant, wonderfully complex, blackberry, fine herbs and cocoa flavors."
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Sauvignon Blanc
2005- Reviews include Connoisseur's Guide to California Wine and Wine News.
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2004- 88 Points, Connoisseur's Guide to California Wine. "This one gets by on the strength of its oaky, grassy overlays to medium-density fruit. It is
appropriately medium-full in body and tastes of dried peaches and melons with oaky notes nicely integrated into the mix."
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2001- Reviews from Bon Appetit and Wine Spectator
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