Best Napa Valley Cab < $20??

[skingsland]

Just curious what you folks think is the best Napa Valley Cabernet that sells for $20 or less. If it's hard to find, it would be nice if you said where you can buy it. Apologies if this belongs in the 'bargains' topic instead.

Thanks,
Steve

[Innkeeper]

Hi Skingsland, and welcome to the Wine Board. Others may have better ideas and more knowledge, but I think it would be hard to beat 1999 Beaulieu Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley at $19.11 by the case and $21.50 by the bottle from www.popswine.com.

[winoweenie]

Hey there Skings-i-poo and welcome to the board. Agree with IK and want to add the Mondavi Napa 99, Aetna Springs Napa 99, Buehler Napa 00, B.V. Rutherford 99,Clos du Val Napa 99,Folie a Dieux Napa 99, Franciscan Napa 99, Freestone 00 Napa, C. Krug Napa 99,Sequoia Grove Napa 99, Rutherford Ranch Napa 99,Newton Claret Napa 99, Merryvale Napa 00, yada,yada,yada. Not sure why you've excluded one of the great cab areas in Calif., Sonoma. They produced some killer 99 at the magic 20 buck mark and most tower over their eastern cousins. WW

[skingsland]

Thanks for your replies, guys! I've finally found a place where I can get my wine questions answered, and don't have to deal with the flukiness of wine knowledge at my local 'total wine' store, or the stuffiness.

And WW, what prompted my question was that my "wine lover's calendar" (gf's mom gave to me for xmas) entry for yesterday was all about Napa Valley Cab.

Steve

[winoweenie]

Fully unnerstand' there ole' bean. Whenced him come to the Sonoma page, post and I'll give you a killer list of them luscious suckers. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]