Napa Valley Cabernet Battle Royal And The BOOK Is Now OUT!

Napa Valley Cabernet Battle Royal And The BOOK Is Now OUT! – Episode #464

May 13, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk goes BLIND on this HUGE day for him and his Family and the Vayniacs. Napa Valley Cabernet is the epic and most sought after wines of America and this tasting will be a battle Royal!

Note: the wine listing is in tasting order.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Neyers Ame Propreitary RedNapa Cabernet
2005 Tor Kenward Cimarossa Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet
2005 Paul Hobbs Napa Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet
2004 Rocca Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet
2004 Bennett Lane Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet
2004 Altamura Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet

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May 16, 2008

Vbellore
QOTD – Shafer Hillside. Not sure if i can ever afford to buy this again, but would love to at some point.

Blind tasting is good. I think sometimes is easy to influence the score relative to price.
May 16, 2008

Lawrence Leichtman
Loved the format. My favorite Napa Cab is Mount Veeder, With Nickel and Nickel Sulinger close. Got my copy Wednesday from Barnes and Noble and bought two more copies at the store for my brother and one son.
May 16, 2008

Steveo
Great show Gary – Love the format. Larkmead 2002. You were crazy at the NFL draft by the way!
May 16, 2008

KW
Great Show – but those wines are out of my price range!
May 16, 2008

Glen.. WINECRAZY.COM
Rudd Oakville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Jerico Canyon.

And the Silver Stag Cabernet.

Hey, it’s a toss up.
May 15, 2008

William
QOTD: 2002 Duckhorn Estate Cab… It helps when I picked up this wine at a discount of $50.
May 15, 2008

JeffH.
Gary, really like the brown bag format for a change. QOTD: Winesmith Crucible Napa Valley 2004 Cab.
May 15, 2008

Ohio Bruce
QOTD: Beringer & Sbragia Howell Mountain cabs
May 15, 2008

damon aka unknownwine
2003 Neal
Haven’t had it for a while, but will soon. have a magnum to drink for bday in nov.
May 15, 2008

The Doc
Ristow without a doubt. You used to sell it, but stopped. PLEASE BRING IT BACK. Had to order direct from them.
May 15, 2008

RobRx
QPTD- 1994 Joseph Phelps Insignia. Changed my wine world.
May 15, 2008

TennLee
2000 Dominus, but I haven’t had that many…
May 15, 2008

DARREL LAS VEGAS
QOTD: At the moment a toss up Meyer 2004 or Watermark 2004

I must like this show , watching you guys zoom in and out on bottles in bags with numbers on 6 times!
May 15, 2008

CA Jake
Ridge Montebello is my favorite but from Santa Cruz Mtns, not Napa. I guess I would have to go with some older Heitz Martha’s or Joseph Phelps Insignia that I have had.
May 15, 2008

Cody
My favorite napa cab is the 2003 Keenan Reserve. I would say the 2000 Quentessa, but I don’t think that’s 100% cab.

I agree on the Rocca vs Altamura match. I sell both in my restaurant and would recommend the $110 Rocca over the $150 Altamura. You should try the Rocca Syrah and Bad Boy Red. They’re both incredible for the price
May 15, 2008

Stan Vasily
O yes My Fav is Mayacamas Cab
May 15, 2008

yowens
Sweet show GV. QOTD: I dont rool deep so I havent tried alot fo the upper end Napa cabs, but Chat Montelena and Peju come to mind
May 15, 2008

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qotd: caymus. original, i know…..
May 15, 2008

Troy
Great show G! love the format.

QOTD: 2001 Peju Province Reserve… ROCKZOR!!
May 15, 2008

Motombo
G-man – my fave all-time cab. was a ‘97 Altamura, but my day-to-day favorite is Neal Family Vineyards.
May 15, 2008

MannyPants
Loved this format GV. You have to do the blind tasting more often. Congrats on all of your recent success.
May 15, 2008

Jimmyrice14
My favorite Napa Valley vineyard for the 03 and 04 vintages of cabs is Neal Family Vineyards.

TC
May 15, 2008

Carlitos
Clearly the blind format is the best for the show. Although I’d have preferred a mix of different wines from different places and varietals. Like you once did.

QOTD. Probably a 1990 Montelena, but not a huge fan of Napa/Cali Cab.
May 15, 2008

JayZee
Great show! I really enjoyed the blind tasting and your comments and scores. I don’t know if you should do ALL of your tastings blind, but it IS interesting. I think many of your other “themes” are quite excellent and you should continue to mix it up and bring the THUNDER in many ways.

QOTD: My favorite is probably St. Clement Orropas, but that is technically more of a meritage than a cab, per se. So if I had to pick something labeled as cab, I would go with Shafer Hillside or Pine Ridge Howell Mountain.
May 15, 2008

Pete
No favorite Cali Cab Savs. I prefer the french.

Loved the format of this episode. It was more about the wine – producer is secondary.