Cabernet question.

[skinny4]

Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to wine and need some help.

I was looking for some suggestions as to some good cabernets I could try. I am willing to pay up to $40 for a bottle.


Any suggestions are appreciated.

[Innkeeper]

Hi Skinny, and welcome to the Wine Board. When you are paying up to $40 it is very important to know when you want to drink them. Quality California Cabernet and Bordeaux need up to 10 years to reach maturity. They are usually released two or three years after vintage. This means you need to need to have adequate facilities to store them for seven or eight years.

There are some Cabernets, usually lower priced ones, that are made to be consumable upon release. When you a shelling out thirty or forty dollars a pop for wines you need to know which category what you are buying falls into.

[skinny4]

I guess what I am saying is that I am looking for a cab that I can drink right aeay. The reason I threw a price in there was to let anyone who responded know that was as high as I wanted to go.

[team]

Look for '02 BV RUTHERFORD CAB SAV for around $20. Give it a little rest (a week or so) after getting it home.

[brappy]

In Pa;

Newton Cabernet Sauvignon Napa '00
Trefethen Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa '01
Matanzas Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma '01 (just over $40)
Ch. St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma, extremely aproachable; Not a huge wine but good none the less....
Turkey Flat Cabernet Sauvignon '02 Australia, Barossa
Henry's Drive Cabernet Sauvignon Res Padthaway '01 South Australia
Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon '01 Southern Australia

This should get you started.....

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