Robert Craig Affinity 2007

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - at or approaching its peak with a decade of more enjoyment to go.

For casual midweek dinner I took BYOB to Angelis Italian, our favorite neighborhood Italian Trattoria, from our cellar, this Napa Bordeaux Blend from one of our favorite producers, a known label from a good vintage for a dependable good selection for the evening. 

This release of this label was awarded 96 points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and 92 points by Wine Enthusiast.

With Robert Craig at the estate high atop Howell Mtn
back in 2008.

Robert Craig represents one of our largest holdings in our cellar. We've held many wine dinners with Robert and Lynn Craig and attended many events at the estate and winery. 

We visited Robert Craig's site high atop Howell Mountain several times with sister Jan and bro-in-law Bill, and Bill and Beth C. 

One of our memorable trips featured a picnic lunch at the site overlooking the valley below shown below. It was during that trip that Bill discovered and subsequently sourced Howell Mountain Cabernet, Affinity and Robert Craig Zinfandel which they served at daughter Krista's wedding. 

Sadly, Robert passed away in 2019 and I wrote about him in a Tribute Blog at that time. I opened a 2007 vintage of his favorite label, Robert Craig Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon that evening.

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/09/robert-craig-tribute.html

We bought a case of this upon release and still hold most of it of this label from this vintage - one of a dozen vintages we hold dating back two decades, all totaling more than four cases. I've blogged tasting notes of this label numerous times with similar results, five of which are summarized below:

 My Cellartracker record for this label shows a half dozen tasting notes for this release going back from 21 to 2010 as shown below. 

As posted: 4/8/2021 - This exceeded my expectations for this label and indeed was one of the best drinking Affinity's in memory. Mini-vertical tasting alongside 2000. Dark garnet colored, medium full bodied, elegant, polished and smoothly balanced, black berry and black currant fruits with notes of mocha chocolate and spice, hints of cassis, smoke and cedar with smooth silky tannins on a lingering cloying finish. 93 Points

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/04/tomahawk-rib-eye-dinner-features-robert.html 

6/28/2020 - Consistent with earlier tasting notes. 

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

2/10/2019 - Earlier tastings of this label cited this release being "a bit tight and slightly closed on opening, but after an hour opened up to show wonderful black and blue berry fruits". 92 Points

This week this was more approachable on opening and even appealing in the couple of following days, better than when young. It showed the same profile as earlier, garnet colored, medium full bodied, complex black berry and black currant fruits with slight hint of mocha - nicely balanced and polished with velvety well integrated smooth silky tannins on a nice lingering soft finish.

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/02/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

5/9/2013 -  90 Points 

A bit tight and slightly closed but after an hour opened up to show wonderful black and blue berry fruits, red currant and slight hint of mocha - complex, polished, velvety well integrated smooth silky tannins on a nice lingering soft finish.

3/27/2010 - 93 Points - Initially a bit tight and closed but after an hour opened up to show wonderful black and blue berry fruits, red currant and slight hint of mocha - complex, polished, velvety well integrated smooth silky tannins on a big long soft finish.

Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 2007  

In 2009, Robert Parker wrote, "I think these are the finest wines that I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Cellars." 

Wine Enthusiast wrote about this release, "Craig has produced his best bottling since the late 1990s." In 2010 they wrote, "Enjoy now or hold up to 20 years."

In 2009, Parker wrote in another review, "Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the next 15 or possibly 20 years. This is the best group of wines I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Winery."

Tonight this was delightful, perhaps approaching the apex of its drinking profile and window. Knowing I have about half the case left, I'll need to be patient to enjoy watching this mature and age over the next decade.

Consistent with earlier tasting notes, tonight, "Dark garnet colored, medium full bodied, elegant, polished and smoothly balanced, black berry and black currant fruits with notes of mocha chocolate and spice, hints of cassis, smoke and cedar with smooth silky tannins on a lingering cloying finish. 

RM 93 points

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=802059

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/04/tomahawk-rib-eye-dinner-features-robert.html  

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/02/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/04/napa-vs-sonoma-2k-cabernet-duo.html  

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/09/robert-craig-tribute.html

https://robertcraigwine.com/

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Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Twice this week Linda prepared dinners that called for a hearty red wine. Both times I pulled from the cellar Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Monday night she prepared baked pork chops with baked sweet potatoes and asparagus spears. Then, for Sunday dinner she prepared a beef roast with carrots, onions and mashed potatoes.

Robert Craig is one of our favorite Napa Valley producers and represents one of our largest holdings in our cellar. We've held many wine dinners with Robert and Lynn Craig and attended many events at the estate and winery. We visited Robert Craig's site high atop Howell Mountain several times with sister Jan and bro-in-law Bill, and Bill and Beth C. One of our memorable trips featured a picnic lunch at the site overlooking the  valley below shown below. It was during that trip that Bill discovered and subsequently sourced Howell Mountain Cabernet, Affinity and Robert Craig Zinfandel which they served at daughter Krista's wedding.

With Robert Craig at the estate high atop Howell Mtn
back in 2008.

We hold as many as two decades of Robert Craig vintages dating back to the inaugural vintage release in 1993. This label, Affinity, represents the Robert Craig Cabernet Sauvignon based blend of Cabernet Sauvignons and other Bordeaux varietals sourced from the various Napa Valley appellations.

Robert Craig flight of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons

Robert Craig offers at least five different Cabernet labels from what he used to refer to as 'three mountains and a valley', referring to his appellation designated premium labels from Mt Veeder, Howell Mtn and Spring Mountain. He used to speak fondly of this label and the QPR - quality price ratio, as he strived to hold the price point of this wine to provide excellent value and be a draw to the Robert Craig brand. The appellation designated labels sold for twenty to thirty percent more. I wrote recently about the discontinuation of the Mt Veeder label after two decades of being one of the flagship labels, and was Robert's favorite.

In recent years, as Robert and co-owner wife Lynn retired and stepped down from running the daily business, the new owners have raised the price point of this label from the mid to high forty dollar range to mid to high sixty dollars, splitting the difference in the entry level price and the price point of the higher premium price appellation designated labels.

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
 

Earlier tastings of this label cited this release being "a bit tight and slightly closed on opening, but after an hour opened up to show wonderful black and blue berry fruits".

This week this was more approachable on opening and even appealing in the couple of following days, better than when young. It showed the same profile as earlier, garnet colored, medium full bodied, complex black berry and black currant fruits with slight hint of mocha - nicely balanced and polished with velvety well integrated smooth silky tannins on a nice lingering soft finish.

RM 92 points.

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=802059

For Sunday dinner, after church, Erin and Johnnie joined us for Sunday dinner and Linda's beef roast. I pulled this 2008 vintage of the Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon to compare with the 2007 we drank earlier in the week.

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Tonight this was consistent with my earlier tasting when I wrote of this wine back in 2011, "Dark inky color, medium-full bodied, black berry, black cherry, and ripe plum fruits with hint of spice and cedar on smooth moderate tannin finish."

RM 92 points. 

Fellow Cellartracker, brianofthevine  sums up this wine well in his tasting note, "At 10 years of age, this is drinking very nicely right now! Blackberry, wild berry, and black cherry fruit up front. Notes of espresso, dark chocolate, licorice, with subtle spice and minerals on the mid-palate. Still has some firm, supple tannins with a nice long finish. The extra age has really done this wine justice."

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=980053 

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Tomahawk Rib-eye Dinner features Robert Craig Affinity Duo

Tomahawk Rib-eye Dinner features Robert Craig Affinity Duo and perhaps the best Affinity ever

With son Alec and daughter-in-law Vivianna staying with us, Linda prepared spectacular grilled tomahawk rib-eyes for dinner, carefully prepared 'Pittsbugh style', with grilled onion rings, haricot verts and whipped potatoes. I pulled from the cellar this duo of aged vintage Robert Craig Affinity's from the 2000 and 2007 vintages as a mini-vertical tasting of this label, one of our favorites.

We hold many fond memories of dinners, lunches and other tasting events with Robert Craig and partner and wife Lynn during many of our Napa Valley wine tours, and hearing Robert talk about this label.

This is the Bordeaux Blend of the Robert Craig portfolio that Robert always took immense pride in as his entry level introduction to his 'five mountains and a valley' appellation select Napa Cabernets. He took pride in holding the price point on this level which provided great QPR - quality price ratio value. He also took pride in this providing early gratification quality drinking at an early age, yet as shown tonight, it has some longevity for aging for a decade or more. 

I wrote year before last, after Robert's passing in a Tribute to Robert Craig, when the business turned over to new leadership, the price of the Affinity label understandably crept up to 'market' pricing, a not insignificant increase. Current 'published price' for this at several merchants is $89. I used to try to buy it at sub-$50 prices. 

Robert never promoted or played up the fact this label was a carefully crafted  Bordeaux Blend comprising all the Bordeaux varietals. He did promote it as an introduction to the portfolio of Robert Craig Napa Valley Cabernets.

I've written often that Robert Craig wines are one of the largest holdings in our cellar collection. We hold more than two dozen vintages of this label dating back to the inaugural release in 1993, as well as several of the single appellation designated selections. I question how those earliest vintages have held up and need to consume them, both as part of cellar management and thinning our collection. This tasting was part of that effort. 

Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 2000  

This showed more fruit, balance and complexity than recent earlier tastings, perhaps due to its ideal complementary pairing with the grilled beefsteak. 

Still holding its own, and while it won't improve further, its probably at the end of its apex, but still well within the acceptable drinking window, again showing the age-ability of Robert Craig and other carefully crafted Napa Valley Cabernets.

At two decades this is still holding its own, past its prime perhaps and not likely to improve with further aging, but drinking nicely and no need to hurry consuming any remaining bottles. 

Dark purple/garnet colored, medium to full bodied, this initially opened to a slight funkiness that revealed its age, which soon burned off to a complex, polished, nicely balanced sophisticated Cabernet with forward black berry and black raspberry fruits with a layer of pleasant, sweet, spicy oak accented by hint of tobacco leaf, black tea and leather, turning to tones of black cherry on the lingering moderate tannin finish.

RM 92 

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2365862

Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 2007 

This release was awarded 96 points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and 92 points Wine Enthusiast.

We first tasted this wine from a barrel sample and acquired this release during the Robert Craig Howell Mountain Harvest Party '09 back in 2009. 

Robert Parker wrote in 2009, "Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the next 15 or possibly 20 years. This is the best group of wines I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Winery. Not only is there not a single disappointment in this portfolio, but these are all noteworthy wines, with thrilling levels of quality. Moreover, they are moderately priced for Napa Valley as well as ageworthy. I think these are the finest wines that I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Cellars."

Wine Enthusiast wrote of this release, 'Craig has produced his best bottling since the late 1990s'.

This year’s blend is heavier on the petit verdot, with a composition of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot, 8% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec.

This exceeded my expectations for this label and indeed was one of the best drinking Affinity's in memory. At fifteen years, this seems to reaching the apex of its drinking profile.

Dark garnet colored, medium full bodied, elegant, polished and smoothly balanced, black berry and black currant fruits with notes of mocha chocolate and spice, hints of cassis, smoke and cedar with smooth silky tannins on a lingering cloying finish.

RM 93 points. 

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=802059

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.htm
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/04/napa-vs-sonoma-2k-cabernet-duo.html 

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Robert Craig Affinity with comfort food

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend with comfort food dinner

A cold damp rainy spring night prompted desire for comfort food for a quiet cozy dinner, so Linda prepared one of my favorites, meatloaf, served with asparagus and scalloped potatoes.  

To accompany dinner I pulled from the cellar a favorite producer Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend from Robert Craig cellars. I’ve written often in these pages about our broad and deep collection of Robert Craig Napa Valley Cabernets, one of the most extensive in our cellar. 

We visited Robert Craig numerous times as posted often in these pages. We tasted and acquired this label during one such Robert Craig tasting events. I featured Robert Craig and this label in detail in an earlier blogpost - https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2023/03/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html.

Robert was always proud of holding the price point on this label to serve as and entry point and introduction to the brand and the portfolio of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. I lamented as new leadership took over Robert Craig and increased the price, however it still provides good QPR - Quality Price Ratio at the release price of around $65.  

Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 2008

Affinity is Robert Craig's Bordeaux-style blend featuring Cabernet grapes from the winery's estate vineyard in Coombsville, in the eastern foothills of Napa Valley. The cooler growing conditions and well-drained soils of this vineyard produce a distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon that is an ideal complement and  counterpoint to grapes from other Craig sources in Rutherford, Oakville and Carneros that are used in the blend. 

This vintage release 2008 Affinity is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, and the rest Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec.

Winemaker Notes - “A delicious nose of mélange of dark black berries, dark-roast espresso and hints of anisette opens up to reveal underlying warm mineral notes, cassis, violets and spice. Signature black and red fruit flows freely across the palate, entwined with more espresso, dark chocolate, and touches of violet and licorice. A warm mineral component echoes the wine's foothills heritage. Firm, supple tannins along the base of the wine keep the luscious fruit aloft through a generous finish, bolstered by crisp acidity.”

A perfect complement to the ground beef meatloaf and at sixteen years is probably at the apex of its aging/drinking profile, not likely to improve further with additional age, but certainly capable to age gracefully for another decade. The label, foil and most importantly fill level and the cork were all in ideal condition.

Consistent with earlier tasting notes (links below) ... 

This was dark plum/ruby colored, medium bodied, full round black berry and plum fruits are accented by notes of bitter dark mocha chocolate and hints of anise, elegant spices and cedar with notes of tobacco on a moderate tannin laced lingering smooth polished finish. 

RM 92 points. 

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2023/03/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/02/robert-craig-affinity-napa-valley.html

https://twitter.com/RobertCraigWine

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=980053

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Robert Craig Affinity

Tribute to Robert Craig - Affinity Cabernet 2011 - Lot 95 2017

For the end of a tumultuous week, we treated ourselves to a dinner outing at our local neighborhood trattoria, Angeli's Italian. We took BYOB two bottle from our cellar, a latest vintage release of Lot 94 Ninety Plus Cellars Rutherford Cabernet to taste upon release, and an old reliable perennial favorite Robert Craig Affinity Napa Cabernet.

I write about our experience with Ninety Plus Lot 94 in a separate blogpost.

The Robert Craig brand is one of the largest holdings in our wine cellar dating back to the inaugural vintage of their first release in 1993. We hold several dozen bottles of several Robert Craig labels dating back to then across the portfolio of Napa Cabernets. We actually hold a bottle of this label from the first release that actually appeared in 1993.

Over the next two decades Robert Craig expanded the portfolio and added at least five more Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons sourced from different vineyard sites from the two mountain ranges that line and form the two boundaries of Napa Valley.

We've enjoyed many visits to the Robert Craig estate and vineyards high atop Howell Mountain, and the early production facility up on Atlas Peak in the early early days. We've hosted Robert and Lynn Craig for several producer wine dinners over the decades.

As I write this I was reading the Craig blog on the Robert Craig website and just learned that Robert passed away last Sunday at his home in Tuscon with Lynn at his side. We're deeply saddened by this news and he will be missed. He was a wonderful, delightful man and a legend in Napa Valley since his emergence there back in 1990.  We have many fond memories of Robert going back to the mid-nineties.

Robert Craig estate visit 2008

Robert Craig Harvest Party 2009

Robert and Lynn Craig Producer Dinner at CIA in 1999

The 2011 vintage of certain Napa Valley appellations was marginal and some producers shunned the vintage altogether, or combined what would normally go into their grand vin with their standard estate bottling. The result was that some of the labels were actually extraordinary from an otherwise modest or lackluster vintage.

The 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet vintage was rated 86 points, the lowest rating in a decade and the only such rating in a span of a dozen years that averaged about 95 points or spectacular. The primary reason for the decline of the vintage was a rare rainy harvest that spared few producers resulting in modest or variable quality generally.

Robert Craig "Affinity" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Bordeaux Blend 2011

Robert Craig was always most proud of this label and strove to maintain it at a fairly priced affordable, high QPR - quality price ratio. As I have written in these pages, he has recently stepped down from stewardship and day to day duties of the brand that bears his name, and the new owners/managers have let the price of Affinity creep up precipitously.

Despite the lackluster vintage harvest across the region, this was quite good and exceeded my expectations. I wrote recently about the delights and great fortunes of often investing in lesser vintage releases. This may be another such case.

While generally considered a Cabernet due to its predominance in the blend, Affinity is actually a Bordeaux Blend comprised of the traditional Bordeaux varietals. The 2011 release is a blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Malbec.

Robert Craig's classic Affinity Bordeaux Blend is based on Cabernet Sauvignon grown at the Robert Craig estate in the foothills of Mount Geroge in Napa's Vaca Range. The firm backbone of Cabernet Sauvignon is augmented and enhanced with the small additions of Petit Verdot which adds a bit of color, Malbec which provides some weight, Cabernet Franc for structure,) and Merlot to soften and smooth the blend with a its more approachable mouthfeel. The blend is aged for 18 months in new and second-fill French oak, the resulting wine is powerful and ripe.

This was dark garnet colored, medium full bodied,  very nicely balanced and integrated for easy pleasant drinking, a vibrant bright core of sweet blackberry, black raspberry and black currant fruits, with highlights of graphite, floral and toasty oak with moderate smooth tannins on a long tangy soft acidity finish.

RM 91 points.  

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate gave it 90 points.

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1798118

https://robertcraigwine.com/farewell-to-bob-craig/

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Linda prepared a grilled beefsteak dinner that called for a hearty red wine so I pulled from the cellar Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. She finished up the Syrah from earlier in the week while I opened this bottle to enjoy with my grilled steak.

As I've written often in these pages, Robert Craig is one of our favorite Napa Valley producers and represents one of our largest holdings in our cellar. We've held many wine dinners with Robert and Lynn Craig and attended many events at the estate and winery. 

We visited Robert Craig's site high atop Howell Mountain several times with sister Jan and bro-in-law Bill, and Bill and Beth C. One of our memorable trips featured a picnic lunch at the site overlooking the  valley below shown below. It was during that trip that Bill discovered and subsequently sourced Howell Mountain Cabernet, Affinity and Robert Craig Zinfandel which they served at daughter Krista's wedding.

With Robert Craig at the estate high atop Howell Mtn
back in 2008.

We hold as many as two decades of Robert Craig vintages dating back to the inaugural vintage release in 1993. This label, Affinity, represents the Robert Craig Cabernet Sauvignon based blend of Cabernet Sauvignons and other Bordeaux varietals sourced from the various Napa Valley appellations.

Robert Craig flight of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons

Robert Craig offers at least five different Cabernet labels from what he used to refer to as 'three mountains and a valley', referring to his appellation designated premium labels from Mt Veeder, Howell Mtn and Spring Mountain. I recall on more than one occasion hearing Robert speak fondly of this label and the QPR - quality price ratio, and how he proudly held the price point of this wine to provide excellent value and be a draw to the Robert Craig brand. The appellation designated labels sold for twenty to thirty percent more. I wrote later about the discontinuation of the Mt Veeder label after two decades of being one of the flagship labels, and was Robert's favorite.

In late years, as Robert and co-owner wife Lynn retired and stepped down from running the daily business, the new owners raised the price point of this label from the high forty dollar range to upper sixty dollars, splitting the difference in the entry level price and the price point of the higher premium price appellation designated labels.

Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

I remember that we were in Bloomington, Indiana visiting son Alec at Indiana U, and we dined at Nick's bar, where we used to frequent when we were in college. I was astounded to see them serving this label, especially since as collectors of this producer and members of their club, it wasn't yet generally released. It turned out that a former employee of Craig Wines worked at Nick's in Bloomington and arranged earliest access to latest releases and acquired this wine for their wine selection. 

That was the first time we tasted this label, and we ended up acquiring a collection from the local Big Red liquors where it was already on the store shelves. 

We tasted a posted notes on this wine in 2011 and then again in 2019.

So, it was fun and only fitting perhaps, that I took this wine over to Alec's to drink with grilled Wagu beefsteaks we picked up at Mariano's, for dinner and to watch Indiana play in the quarter-final game of the Big Ten basketball tournament. Alec had also recently tasted this label brought by a friend to their home just the week before so he was eager to share a photo of tonights' selection with that friend. 

Tonight, this was consistent with my earlier tastings when I wrote of this wine back in 2011, "Dark inky color, medium-full bodied, concentrated full round black berry, black cherry, and ripe plum fruits with accents of spice and cedar on smooth moderate tannin lingering finish."

RM 92 points. 

Fellow Cellartracker, brianofthevine  sums up this wine well in his tasting note, "At 10 years of age, this is drinking very nicely right now! Blackberry, wild berry, and black cherry fruit up front. Notes of espresso, dark chocolate, licorice, with subtle spice and minerals on the mid-palate. Still has some firm, supple tannins with a nice long finish. The extra age has really done this wine justice."

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=980053 

https://www.robertcraigwine.com/index.cfm

@RobertCraigWine

Rick's Wine Journal Index of California Wines Tasted - Q-S

 

Rick's Wine Journal  Index of California Wines Tasted - Q-S

California √ - original label photo Label - Wine - Review Date (s)   Q-S           Quady Essencia Orange Muscat California Dessert Wine 2005 - December 5, 2007 √ Quilt Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016 - January 14, 2019 √ Quintessa Winery Visit   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 - October 4, 2014 √ Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - February 27, 2016 √ Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - December 12, 2015   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - May 3, 2014   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - Mar 8, 2004   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - Mar 8, 2004   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Mar 8, 2004   Quintessa Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - October 24, 2003 √ Quivira Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 1998 - June 6, 2004 √ Ramey "Hudson Vineyard" Napa Valley Carneros Chardonnay 2002 - Nov 12, 2004   Ramey "Hudson Vineyard" Napa Valley Carneros Chardonnay 2005 - January 9, 2012   Ramey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - March 09, 2010   Ramey Napa Valley Claret 2004 - June 28, 2008   Ramey Napa Valley Claret 2001 - Nov 12, 2004 √ Rancho Zabacco Old Vines Zinfandel - Aug 3, 2002   Ravenswood Sonoma Valley Monte Rosso Zinfandel 1996 - Nov 23, 2000 √ Ravenswood Teldeschi Vineyard Sonoma County Dry Creek Zinfandel 2008 - July 17, 2012   Ravenswood Napa Valley Old Vine Zinfandel 2010 - July 17, 2012 √ Ravenswood Vintners Blend Australian Shiraz 2002 - Mar 8, 2004, June 1, 2004, April 12, 05   Raymond Burr Sonoma County Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon  1994 - April 7, 2002, May 12, 2017   Raymond Estate   Raymond Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2000 - Mar 25, 2004, Mar 18, 2004   Raymond Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1998 - July 13, 2005, Oct 18, 2005, July 12, 2002, Jan 25, 2001   Raymond Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1997 - Mar 4, 2005, July 4, 2006, Dec 29, 2003, Aug 6, 2000, Dec 10, 1999 √ Raymond Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve 1989 - March 23, 2013   Raymond Somellier Selection California Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - April 1, 2011  √ Regusci Napa Valley Stags Leap District Zinfandel 2010 - September 12, 2015 √ Reid Lockhart Howell Mountain Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - August 23, 2008   Renteria Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - Feb 16, 2003 √  Reuling Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2012 - August 21, 2020 √ Revana Family Vineyard Napa Valley St Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - October 4, 2019   Ridge Vineyards California Howell Mountain Zinfandel 1990 - November 26, 2009 √ Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs Dry Creek Sonoma Valley Zinfandel Blend 2014 - January 1, 2021 √ Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs Dry Creek Sonoma Valley Zinfandel Blend 2012 - October 27, 2014 √ Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs Dry Creek Sonoma Valley Zinfandel Blend 2009 - March 17, 2012 √ Ridge Vineyards "Three Valleys" Sonoma Zinfandel Blend 2008 - July 13, 2010   Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel 2002 - Jan 27, 2004 √ Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Monte Bello 1998 - March 21, 2015, March 4, 2017 √ Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Monte Bello 1995 - Oct 6, 2018 √ Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Monte Bello 1993 - March 4, 2017   Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Monte Bello 1981 - June 6, 1999 √ Ridge Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Merlot 2014 - September 13, 2018 √ Ristow Estate Napa Valley Quinta de Pedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - December 27, 2020 √ Ristow 1998 and 1999 - Feb 22, 2003 √ River Road Siebert Ranch Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2003 - March 17, 2006 √ Robert Biale 'Black Chicken' Napa Valley Zinfandel 2012 - October 6, 2019 √ Robert Biale 'Black Chicken' Napa Valley Zinfandel 2011 - July 20, 2013, September 12, 2015, June 15, 2019 √ Robert Biale 'Party Line' California Zinfandel 2010 - May 27, 2013 July 20, 2013 √ Robert Biale 'Royal Punisher' Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2018 - November 15, 2020 √ Robert Biale 'Royal Punisher' Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2016 - November 19, 2020 √ Robert Biale 'Royal Punisher' Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2013 - October 22, 2020   Robert Craig Wines Tasting Journal Index Tasted at the winery on Howell Mountain, Napa Valley. See Napa Howell Mountain Wine Experience 2008 - Robert Craig. Robert Craig Central Coast Syrah 2000 - Feb 3, 2004 √ Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2011 - August 22, 2020 √ Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2009 - November 1, 2015 √ Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2008 - January 8, 2011, February 10, 2019 √ Robert Craig Affinity Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2007 - March 26, 2010, May 9, 2013, February 10, 2019, December 2, 2020 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - May 2, 2009, September 12, 2009 Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - August 15, 2008 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - December 16, 2009, May 20, 2010, June 21, 2013, October 2, 2013, April 14, 2014, April 17, 2014, Oct 9, 2017, May 8, 2020 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - July 18, 2008, August 26, 2008 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - Aug 27, 2006, March 17, 2009 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2001- May 31, 2006 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - July 3, 2009, December 9, 2009, April 8, 2015 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Apr 16, 2003 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 - July 23, 2009, May 5, 2012, July 26, 2012 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - July 26, 2000, June 23, 2000, April 28, 2007 , December 25, 2007, April 1, 2009, February 21, 2012, August 29, 2012, October 1, 2015 March 5, 2016, July 17, 2016 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - Sept 9, 2005, Jan 22, 2004, Feb 12, 2000, May 14, 2006 Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon  1995 - July 6, 1999 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - - July 3, 1998 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 - February 28, 2019 Robert Craig Durell Vineyard Sonoma Valley Chardonnay 2006 - August 15, 2008 √ Robert Craig Durell Vineyard Sonoma Valley Chardonnay 2005 - October 17, 2010 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Chardonnay 2000 - April 9, 2006 √ Robert Craig Napa Valley Carneros Chardonnay 1997 - Nov 25, 2004 √ Robert Craig Russian River Valley Sonoma Chardonnay 1997 - May 8, 2005, August 2, 2001 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 - November 21, 2015 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - September 12, 2009, January 30, 2016 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - August 15, 2008, October 3, 2012, January 30, 2021 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - August 4, 2008 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - September 12, 2009, August 28, 2010 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - January 11, 2016, September 3, 2020 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - Sept 22, 2001, June12, 2010 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - Apr 16, 2003, February 25, 2012  √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - July 3, 1998 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - May 28, 2010, May 23, 2019 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - September 12, 2009, October 15, 2011 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - August 15, 2008 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - October 28, 2006 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - October 16, 2008, July 4, 2010, August 9, 2018 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - April 30, 2005, February 11, 2012, December 11, 2016, May 22, 2020 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - November 14, 2010 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - 09/22/01, 03/19/01, June 15, 2008, January 29, 2011, December 23, 2017 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - May 28, 2010, January 11, 2013 √ Robert Craig Mt Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - August 17, 1999 √ Robert Craig Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (from barrell) - September 12, 2009 √ Robert Craig Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (from barrell) - August 15, 2008 √ Robert Craig Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - August 25, 2020 √ Robert Craig Amador Country Zinfandel 2001 - Nov 25, 2011 √ Robert Craig Amador Country Zinfandel 2000 - Nov 27, 2003 √ Robert Craig Amador County Zinfandel 1998 - June 21, 2015   Robert Craig Amador County Zinfandel 1997 - Nov 22, 2001 √ Robert Craig Central Coast Syrah 2004 - May 4, 2016 √ Robert Craig Paso Robles Syrah 1998 - June 21, 2015   Robert Craig Paso Robles Syrah 1997 - August 2, 2001, May 8, 2001 √ Robert Craig Howell Mountain Zinfandel 2005 - August 15, 2008 February 23, 2015 Robert Craig Howell Mountain Zinfandel 2006  - (from barrell) August 15, 2008, October 31, 2009, November 25, 2010, May 27, 2013   Robert Craig Howell Mountain Sears Black Ranch Vineyard Zinfandel 2011 - February 23, 2015 √ Robert Foley Napa Valley Claret 2011 - √ Robert Foley Napa Valley Claret 2004 - November 5, 2020   Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - January 22, 2009   Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1994- Dec 5, 2004   Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1991- Dec 20, 2002, Aug 21,2005, July 27, 2006   Robert Mondavi Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - September 23, 2010   Robert Mondavi Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - November 10, 2007, May 2, 2009, September 11, 2011, Nov 7, 2009, October 6, 2012, February 3, 2017, July 1, 2019   Robert Mondavi Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1990   Robert Mondavi Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - September 23, 2010   Robert Mondavi Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - May 14, 2009 √ Robert Mondavi Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1993 - June 11, 2006, September 22, 2012 √ Robert Mondavi Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 - May 22, 2004, June 11, 2006, March 28, 2010, September 22, 2012   Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Zinfandel 1994 - Jan 1, 2005   Robert Pecota Monterey County Syrah 2000 - Feb 25, 2004, May 29, 2004 √ Robert Stemmler Napa Valley Carneros Pinot Noir 2008 - November 5, 2011 √ Robert Storey Cellars Napa Valley Diamond Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2007 - March 2, 2013  √ Rocca Family Vineyards Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006  - January 23, 2015  √ Rodney Strong Brothers Ridge Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - May 7, 2011  √ Rodney Strong, Reserve, Alexander Valley, Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - October 5, 2008   Rodney Strong, Reserve, Alexander Valley, Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - November 14, 2008   Rodney Strong Sonoma County Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - June 7, 2007   Rodney Strong Sonoma County Merlot 2000 - Apr 6, 2004   Rodney Strong Sonoma County Russian River Valley Pinot Noir - April 22, 2010   Rodney Strong Sonoma County Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 1996 - Dec 18, 2005 √ Rodney Strong Symmetry Meritage Red Wine 2007 - May 7, 2011    Rodney Strong Symmetry 1998 -  Feb 22, 2003   Rodney Strong Alexander Valley Symmetry 1997 - Oct 25, 2002 √ Rombauer Napa Valley Diamond Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 - April 7, 2016 √ Rombauer Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 - April 7, 2016 √ Rombauer Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - March 16, 2010 √ Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay 2014 - April 7, 2016, April 8, 2016   Rombauer Napa Valley Chardonnay 2002 - May 11, 2004 April 8, 2016 √ Rombauer Carneros Merlot 2012 - April 7, 2016 √ Rombauer Carneros Merlot 2010 - April 20, 2017   Rombauer Napa Valley Merlot 2005 - July 01, 2009 √ Rombauer Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2014 - April 7, 2016 √ Rombauer California Zinfandel 2014 - April 7, 2016 √ Rosenblum Cellars Kick Ranch Reserve Syrah 2005 - November 11, 2008   Rosenblum "Lyons Vineyard" Napa Valley Old Vines Zinfandel 2002 - Aug 10, 2005 √ Rosenblum "Heritage Clones," San Francisco Bay Petit Syrah 2003 - April 25, 2005   Round Pond Estate Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - May 03, 2013 √ Rubissow Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - March 6, 2011 √ Rubissow-Sargent Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - March 6, 2011 √ Rubissow-Sargent Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - September 22, 2012 √ Rubissow Mt Veeder Merlot 2006 - March 6, 2011,  June 5, 2011, July 26, 2013 November 7, 2020 √ Rubissow Mt Veeder Merlot 2004 - April 18, 2015 √ Rubissow Napa Valley Syrah 2013 - February 28, 2020 √ Rubissow Napa Valley Syrah 2008 - April 13, 2013 √ Rubissow Trompettes 2005 - March 6, 2011 √ Rudd Jericho Canyon Vineyard  Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - December 31, 2010  √ Rudd Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2005 - March 18, 2008, April 2, 2008, December 28, 2009 √ Rudd Estate Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - Nov 12, 2004, February 8, 2021 √ Rudd Estate Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - Nov 12, 2004 √ Ruston Family Vineyards La Maestra Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine Blend 2006 - March 23, 2013 √ Ruston Family Vineyards La Maestra Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine Blend 2002 - October 29, 2011 √ RustRidge Estate Chiles Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - January 28, 2020  √ Rutherford Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 - September 4, 2020 √ Rutherford Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 - September 12, 2020 √ Rutherford Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1985 - September 4, 2020 √ Rutherford Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982 - November 7, 2009 √ Rutherford Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1981 - Dec 30, 2006 √ Saddleback Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Nils Special Barrel Selection 25th Anniversary 2006 - December 21, 2018 √ Saddleback Cellars Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - January 16, 2011 √ Saddleback Cellars Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - May 30, 2009, December 21, 2018, June 6, 2020   Saddleback Napa Valley Pinot Grigio 2006 -  August 16, 2008 √ Saddleback Napa Valley Old Vines Zinfandel 2000 (see Venge) - May 31, 2010, January 16, 2011 √ Saddleback Napa Valley Old Vines Zinfandel 1997 - Jan 19, 2003 √ Sanford Pinot Noir, Barrel Select, Santa Ynez Valley 1993 - July 27, 2005, Nov 8, 2005   Santa Barbara Winery ZCS 2001- Jan 28, 2004 √ Sbragia Family Vineyards Sonoma County Dry Creek Valley Andolsen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 √ Shrader Double Diamond Lake County Beckstoffer Amber Knolls Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - Thursday, August 4, 2016, December 22, 2020 √ Schrader Double Diamond Mayacamas Range Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - October 2, 2011 √ Schrader Double Diamond Mayacamas Range Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - May 29, 2011, April 5, 2020 √ Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs Brut North Coast 2006 sparkling wine - December 31, 2009 √ Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs Brut North Coast 2006 sparkling wine -  December 31, 2009   Schramsberg Vineyards Pinot Noir Brut Rose N.V. - December 31, 2010   Sebastiani Sonoma Valley "Old Vines" Zinfandel 1999 - Sept 16-21, 2003   Sebastiani Sonoma County Cask Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 - June 7, 2000 √ St. Clement Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - July 22, 2005 √ St. Clement Oroppas Napa Valley  1997 - Nov 21, 2000   St. Clement Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - July 30, 2004 √ St Clement Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - Sept 28, 2004   St. Supery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon  1997 - Feb 25, 2001 √ Sean Minor Napa Valley Red Wine 2009 - July 14, 2012  √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2010 -  March 22, 2013 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'Gratis' Chardonnay 2010 - April 8, 2017 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'Gratis' Chardonnay 2009 - Feb 23, 2013 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'Gratis' Chardonnay 2008 - February, 24 2018 August 11, 2018, February 29, 2020 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'One Barrel' Pinot Noir 2014 - June 23, 2018 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'One Barrel' Pinot Noir 2011 - March 23, 2018 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills Sea Spray Blanc de Noir L.D. 2012 - December 31, 2015 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills Sea Spray Blanc de Noir 2012 - December 31, 2015 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills Sea Spray Blanc de Noir 2011 - December 13, 2014 √ Sea Smoke Estate Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2013 - September 19, 2020 √ Sea Smoke Streamside Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2012 - November 9, 2019 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'TEN' Pinot Noir 2009 - October 27, 2012, May 2, 2015 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'TEN' Pinot Noir 2006 - October 09, 2009   Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills 'TEN' Pinot Noir 2005 - January 12, 2008 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills, Southing Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007 - January 8, 2011 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills, Southing Vineyard Pinot Noir 2006 - January 8, 2011 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills, Southing Vineyard Pinot Noir 2005 - January 8, 2011 √ Sea Smoke Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills, Southing Vineyard Pinot Noir 2004 - Aug 25, 2006 √ Sea Smoke Santa Rita Hills Southing Vineyard Pinot Noir 2003 - Aug 28, 2005 √ Seavey Vineyard   Seavey Vineyards Caravina Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - December 15, 2007 √ Seavey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 - February 17, 2012 √ Seavey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - Oct 3, 2000, July 25, 2008   Seavey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 - Jan 8, 2004 √ Seghesio Sonoma County Zinfandel 2007 - April 27, 2009,  October 31, 2009   Selby Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - August 28, 2010    Sequoia Grove Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004- April 30, 2010   Sequoia Grove Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1989 - May 27, 2007   Seventy Five Wine Company '75' North Coast cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - May 7, 2010   75 (Seventy Five) Wine Company "The Sum" 2008 - July 9, 2010 √ Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Carneros Chardonnay 2011 - June 4, 2016   Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Carneros Chardonnay 2001 - Feb 18, 2004   Shafer Napa Valley Merlot 2002 - August 22, 2006   Shafer Napa Valley Merlot 2001- Sept 15, 2004   Shafer Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - Feb 28, 2004   Schafer One Point Five Stag's Leap District Red Wine 2012 - October 10, 2015   Shafer Hillside Special Select Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - Aug 25, 2002 √ Shafer Hillside Special Select Cabernet Sauvignon 1984 - May 28, 2010 √ Shafer Hillside Vineyards Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982 - Jan 15, 2003,  Nov 6, 2005. November 5, 2020   Showket Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Feb 28, 2004   Showket Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 - Feb 22, 2003   Showket Sangiovese Napa Valley 1997 - July 5, 2000, Oct 12, 2005 √ Schrader Double Diamond Sonoma County Mayacamas Range Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - November 26, 2010  √ Signorello Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 - April 14, 2013 √ Signorello Hope's Cuvee Napa Valley Estate Chardonnay 2010 - April 14, 2013, January 31, 2015 √ Signorello Padrone Napa Valley Estate Proprietary Red Wine (Cabernet Sauvignon) 2010 - April 14, 2013   Silverado Vineyards Merlot Napa Valley 1997 - Apr 30, 2001   Silverado Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - Mar 2, 2001 √ Silverado Vineyards SOLO Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - January 26, 2013 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 - October 1, 2016 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - June 7,2014 October 1, 2016 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 - June 8,2013 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - September 23, 2010 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - June 8,2013 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - February 6, 2009, September 4, 2009, May 27, 2011, June 8,2013 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 - August 13, 2008, January 23, 2009 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Feb 28, 2004 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - April 23, 2002 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 - April 5, 2016 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 - May 23, 2020 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1993 - April 7, 2003, September 4, 2009, April 27, 2017 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 - Aug 21,2005, Dec 25, 2005, July 11, 2008, September 26, 2020 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 - September 4, 2009, September 26, 2020 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1989 - Dec 31, 1992, June 30, 2006, Feb 9, 2014, August 1, 2015, November 25, 2017 √ Silver Oak Cellars Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 - March 20, 2010 √ Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982 - October 17, 2008 √ Silver Oak Bonny's Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1989 - July 9, 2016 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Bonny's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1982 - October 16, 2008, October 18, 2008 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - July 7, 2012 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 - February 13, 2010   Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Sept 15, 2004 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1990 - April 27, 2019, June 27, 2019 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1989 - Dec 31, 1992 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1984 - May 31, 2014 √ Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982 - Dec 31, 1992 √ Simi Alexander Valley Sonoma County Caberenet Sauvignon 2016 - July 2, 2019 √ Sine Qua Non "The Raven No. 3" Syrah 2006 - September 27, 2014   Robert Sinsky RSV Carneros Pinot Noir 1998 - May 7,  2002 √ W. H. Smith Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2006 - October 21, 2007 √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Two Brothers Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 -  October 1, 2016 √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - Nov 12, 2004, September 6, 2014 √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - February 1, 2014 √ Snowden Lost Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - May 15, '03. June 30, '00, Nov 14, '04 July 18, 2005, December 25, 2007, January 6, 2009, Nov 12, 2011 √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - October 9, 2015, October 2, 2016  √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 - April 20, 2001, Feb 11, 2005, February 4, 2007, June 27, 2015 October 9, 2015, November 11, 2018 √ Snowden 'Ranch' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - January 21, 2012 √ Snowden Vineyards Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2006 - December 25, 2007   Chateau St Jean Alexander Valley Belle Terre Vineyard Select Late Harvest Johannisburg Riesling 1998 - December 10, 2011 √ Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 45th Anniversary Special Edition 2015 - May 14, 2020 √ Chateau St. Jean Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2004 - January 8, 2011 October 12, 2013, June 27, 2015, May 23, 2019   Chateau St. Jean Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1997 - Feb 11, 2005   Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010 - December 28, 2017   Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2008 - May 03, 2013 √ Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005 - May 14, 2009, October 09, 2009  May 03, 2013 √ Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2004 - October 10, 2020 √ Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2003 - May 18, 2008, September 27, 2008, January 18, 2009 √ Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2001 - Jan 21, 2006 √ Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1998 - April 22, 2020 √ Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepage Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1997 - Dec 16, 2000; Dec 3, 2002, December 10, 2011,  December 13, 2014  √ Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepage Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1994 - Dec 16, 2000; Dec 5, 2004, Mar 31, 2006, July 27, 2008, April 30, 2009, February 25, 2012, November 17, 2012  √ Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepage Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1996 - Aug 22, 2000, Mar 9, 2000, February 25, 2012  √ Chateau St. Jean Sonoma County Alexander Valley Robert Young Vineyard Chardonnay  2012 - March 29, 2017   Chateau St. Jean Sonoma County Chardonnay Reserve 2007 - October 12, 2013   St. Francis Sonoma Merlot 1994 - Sept 20, 2000, Mar 5, 2005   St. Francis Old Vines Sonoma Zinfandel 1999 - Aug 3, 2002 √ Saxum Vineyards Broken Stones GSM Red Blend 2006 - February 27, 2016  √ Stags Leap Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 - February 28, 2019   Stags Leap Napa Valley Petit Syrah 2006 - February 25, 2009   Stephen l'Aventure Optimus Paso Robles 2001- Jan 20, 2005 √ Stonestreet Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc 2015 - April 21, 2019 √ Sonoma Coast Vineyards Syrah 2003 - May 23, 2007 √ Sonoma Cutrer Russian River Ranches Chardonnay 2002 - Apr 3, 2004   Soper Legacy Sonoma County Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - November 9, 2006   Chateau Souverain Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - July 26, 2003   Chateau Souverain 1996 Alexander Valley Composee - Dec 25, 1999   Chateau Souverain 1999 Alexander Valley Merlot - July 1, 2002   Spence Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - August 16, 2008 Elizabeth Spencer Napa Valley Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon Special Cuvée 2007 - May 26, 2011 √ Spottswoode Estate Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 -  February 23, 2013   Staglin Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 - Feb 28, 2004 √ Stags Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - August 14, 2008, - October 5, 2008   Stags Leap Napa Valley Chardonnay 2006 - October 28, 2008 √ Steel Creek Monterey County Pinot Noir 2004 - April 7, 2006 √ Steele Stymie Lake County Founder's Reserve Merlot 2002  - Aug 1, 2006, July 2, 2007 √ Steltzner Napa Valley Claret - July 17, 2004 √ Stephen Vineyards L'Aventure "Optimus" Paso Robles Red Blend 2004 - April 1, 2020 √ Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 - December 17, 2012 √ Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - December 11, 2012 √ Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 - January 3, 2013 √ Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Reserve Merlot 1999 - March 27, 2014 √ Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Three Palms Vineyard Merlot 1999 - July 9, 2006, November 5, 2014   Sterling Vineyards Winery Lake Pinot Noir Carneros 1999 - Mar 19, 2003 √ Stevenot Winery Calaveras County Cabernet Franc 2000 - May 3, 2003 √ Stolpman Vineyards "Hilltops" Santa Ynez Valley Syrah 2011 - December 20, 2015   Stonehedge 1997 - Feb 22, 2003    Stonestreet Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 - July 5, 2006   Stonestreet Sonoma County Merlot 2000 - Oct 12, 2003 √ Stonestreet Alexander Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2016 - April 21, 2019, March 28, 2020,  May 15, 2020   Strong - see Rodney Strong √ Stuhlmuller Vineyards Alexander Valley Estate Chardonnay 2008 - June 1, 2010   Stuhlmuller Alexander Valley Chardonnay 2003 - Jan 19, 2005   Stuhlmuller Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - Feb 28, 2004 √ Suhr Luchtel Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - April 30, 2010 √ Suhr Luchtel Mendocino County Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 - January 12, 2014 √ Sullivan Vineyards Red Ink Napa Valley red wine blend 2006 - May 28, 2010 √ Swanson Alexis Napa Valley Estate Red Wine 1996 - July 8, 2005 √ Swanson Alexis Napa Valley Estate Red Wine 1995 - July 22, 2006   Swanson Napa Valley Sangiovese 1995 - Aug 30, 2003

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