Reserve??

[winoweenie]

Elcaro welcome to the board and to expand on your question most of Califs' top producers make a Reserve, Special Selection, etc. which are vinified from what they consider to be exceptional grapes; either from yheir oldest vines or the best part of their vinyard. BVs' Georges de Latour, Caymus Special Selection, Arrowood Reserve, Simi Reserve and Markham Reserve all fall into the catagory. They are kept in the barrell longer, and normally handled differently than their regular bottlings and naturally are more expensive. And,IMHO most of the time are worth the extra bucks. The Reserves' do take longer to come together so if you don't have good storage it isn't too wise to make the extra investment as they nowmally don't show well young. Any of the above will reward your wine-drinking experience if given the time. Kendall-Jackson Reserve, or Turning Leaf Reserve aren't in this catagory. WW