I am a huge fan of Napa Cab and one of my all-time favorites over the last ten years has just become available in the classic 2007 vintage. The 2007 vintage for Napa Cabernet is truly spectacular. Parker has given the vintage the highest rating he has ever given a vintage and Spectator has declared 2007 the Vintage Of The Decade. I have tasted all the best that have come through and the Cabernets are exquisite, definitely as good as 1994, superbly rich and opulent, excellent structure, wonderful fruit but not over the top matched with superb elegance, balance and finesse. The Cabernet that captures all this brilliantly well and at a reasonable price is the 2007 Anderson's Conn Valley Cabernet Reserve. Year in year out this is one of the wines I look most forward to. The wine is always superb and in 2007 it just hits another gear. Todd Anderson came to Napa in the mid 1980's and has marched to his own drum ever since. He picks late and goes for optimal ripeness and in 2007 the grapes were historically rich and intense. Now in bottle the result is a benchmark Cabernet Reserve. Parker loves the wine, 95+ points and lavishes the wine with praise. Andersons Conn Valley Cabernet Reserve is also recognized as one of the most age worthy of them all. A recent tasting was held of this wine from the 1990's and the wines were just hitting their stride but what's even better is that with this incredible vintage and the gorgeous fruit concentration, the 2007 is drinking brilliantly young as well.

Pure creme de cassis intertwined with floral and licorice notes are present in the inky/purple-colored 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve. Rich, full-bodied, and meant for long-term aging, it should hit its peak in 7-8 years, and evolve for 25-30 years. These brilliant 2007s are some of the strongest efforts that have emerged from Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards over the last decade.