How many US Cabernet Sauvignon producers are represented in your cellar?

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14 - Cabs are one of my favorites.

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2-
Ridge (Estate and MB)
Mondavi (Reserve)

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24 counting blends

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I am at 32 producers.

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26

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6 and that’s plenty for me.

Mount Eden
Ridge
Dominus
Dunn
Mondavi
David Arthur

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Many producers, though, are just a few bottles. I have chosen to focus more on having a broad vs deep cellar, in that sense. Although, there are several producers (Myriad, Quivet, Larkmead, O’Shaughnessy, EMH, RIvers-Marie, Outpost, etc.) whom I’ve purchased in what I consider significant quantities.

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16 in all, but only 7 with more than 2 bottles, Ridge, Montelena, Ravenswood, Arnot-Roberts, Heitz, EMH, Matthiasson.

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Schrader Cellars
EMH
Sojourn
Maybach Family Vineyards
Myriad Cellars
Lewelling Vineyards
Quivet Cellars
Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards
Bedrock Wine Co.
Congruence
Coup de Foudre
Ghost Horse
Kapcsándy Family Winery

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  1. Which is 2x as many as I thought I had. [wow.gif]
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8

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20, but that will reduce to 19 when I open my 1 bottle of Phelps Insignia next week.

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Four - Togni, Apsara, Dominus and Simi.

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25+

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Dennis, curious why you unloaded the Dominus? I don’t own a lot of Cab but I have a few, decently purchased, back vintages of Dominus but stopped buying it as the pricing hit the turbo zone in the last 3-4 vintages. I still really like the wine just not the pricing anymore.

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The price was the reason. It was a $$$ to enjoyment decision combined with a palate shift. I could sell it for significantly more than I paid for it, and use the money towards Burgundy.

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51 Who Knew???

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1
counting blends

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Here are mine. I’m buying a few older btls of killer stuff that isn’t the latest Napa Valley mailing list thing. The new stuff I buy tends to be in the same camp. I make no effort to join any list anymore.

13 Buehler reg cab
12 Smith Madrone - maybe the best bargain from Napa Valley
07, 10 Mt Eden Estate Cabernet & 11 Domaine Eden ( a really good buy)
96/05 Heitz Martha - bought recentlyv
95 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County - bought recently
96 Mondavi Res - bought recently
99 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill -bought recently
05,06 & 07 Dominus
01 Spottswoode - stopped list with 01 vintage
05 Togni Esate & 13 Tanbark
Pride - 01 Res, 01 reg, 09 reg, 10 reg
12 Inglenook Cask ( with vintage label)
13 Chappellet Signature
07 Kapcsándy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane Vineyard - (a one time only purchase from winery, too expensive)

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But you’re buying other new Napa Cab producers still? 47% of my cellar is Burgundy but I’ll happily drink up the my current Dominus. For me, they’re balanced and “traditional” enough that they go fine with the occasional streak. Not selling mine. I was never a big Shafer HSS fan and did sell off a couple of those long ago when I realized they didn’t do it for me at the price point. I’m still buying a little bit of Napa Cab but nothing with a lot hype surrounding it anymore unless its an old school styled ala Heitz Martha type steal at Hart Davis or one of those places selling older btls.