The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville possesses an open-knit, cedary, spicy bouquet that brings to mind a Bordeaux Pauillac. Medium-bodied with attractive red and black fruits, and moderate tannin, but not the complexity and depth of its siblings, it is ideal for drinking over the next decade.Tel. (800) 575-97777; Fax (707) 253-1493

Drinks immature and gangly now, a fresh young Cab that needs time to knit together. It’s all there, though, from the ripe blackberry, cassis, cherry marmalade and cappuccino flavors and sweet, vanilla-infused new oak to the firm, sweet young tannins. Very fine, high-class wine. Should blossom by 2009, then evolve for many years. ——S.H.(12/31/2006)—— 92