2006 Staglin Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
96pts (WS) Rich, focused, supple, plush and layered, showing amazing purity of
flavor, with tiers of black currant, black cherry, mineral, sage, anise
and cedar. Yet for all its flavor, it's the seductive textural
fleshiness that's perhaps most striking. Best from 2010 through 2019.
3,000 cases made. –JL Ocotber 15, 2009
94 pts (WA) Chocolate, cassis, licorice, cedar, and soil undertones dominate the
fragrant aromatics of the dense purple-colored 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate. A big wine with enviable purity as well as harmony, and a long
finish, it can be enjoyed over the next 15-25 years. Robert parker Wine Advocate # 180 Dec 2008
97 pts (CGW) "This immense, deeply
fruited, lavishly oaked wine is all about the future, and, despite
showing loads of highly concentrated, black currant character, it is
prohibitively tannic for near term drinking. It is also as rich and as
precise in its varietal Cabernet Sauvignon focus as any wine tasted in
some time. Everything about this one speaks to depth and longevity, and
it is likely to need a decade or more before hitting its stride. But,
few wines are its equal for classic flavors even now. Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine This is a California Wine