What is Your top 5 Cabs for the 2007 Vintage Under $100 and Over $100?

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My Top 5 Cabs for the 2007 vintage:
Under $100 :

  1. 2007 Snowden Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  2. 2007 Caymus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  3. 2007 Ramey Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  4. 2007 Groth Reserve Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
  5. 2007 Cakebread Benchland Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Over $100 :

  1. 2007 Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  2. 2007 Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  3. 2007 Spottswoode Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  4. 2007 Buccella Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  5. 2007 Tor To Kalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

It was extremely difficult to narrow it down to my Top 5 in each category, I would love to hear your take on some of your favorite 2007 Cabs!!!

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Your list makes me happy since I have six of the Snowden Reserve in my cellar. Haven’t popped one yet.


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The 07 Spottswoode is #1 in the over $100 QPR category for me. (Is over $100 QPR an oxymoron?)

4

Im liking 07 Shafer one point five…also Bevans Showket

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Haven’t really popped a lot of these, especially in the $100+ category. That said, there have been many that I thought were disappointing (e.g Lewelling). Among the standouts for me:

Under $100

  • Caymus Cab
  • Buehler Papa’s Knoll
  • Larkmead

Over $100

  • Lewis Reserve
  • Continuum
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Under:
Educated Guess
Wolf Family
Larkmead Estate
Outpost True
Rivers-Marie

Over:
Maybach
Alpha Omega BTK
Schrader T6
Spottswoode
Buccella

7

Hmmm, no Dominus? Glad to hear that the Snowden Reserve did so well. I have a case of the Snowden Cab and 8 Reserve. Woo hoo.

8

Under $100 and the best that I had of the vintage (I haven’t had too many 2007s… too darn young:

Cliff Lede Imagine Rhapsody 2007 - YUMMMMM
Cliff Lede Howell Mountain 2007

9

Thought Groth Reserve was way over $100?

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Under
Larkmead Solari
Beau Vigne Reserve
Abeja Reserve
Stewart
Hayfork

Over
Jacquelynn BTK
Maybach
Continuum
Blankiet
Ovid
Fairchild Sigaro

(sorry…tie for 5th)

Can somebody change the title to what ARE your top 5 cabs?

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Under 50:
+1 Educated Guess
Fisticuffs
Chappellet Signature

Under 100:
Conn Valley Reserve
Keever


Over 100:
GH Shadow
Maybach
Continuum

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Under $100
Culler La Palette
Forman
Larkmead
Larkmead Solari
Robert Craig Howell Mountain

Over $100
Schrader CCS
Ridge Monte Bello (non-futures price)
Spottswoode
Pride Reserve

Thanks,
Ed.

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Sorry I didn’t put Dominus since it’s a Red Blend.

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Under $100
Myriad Dr. Crane (Favorite under and over $100)
Rivers Marie
Realm Farella
Myriad Spring Mountain
Sojourn Howell Mountain

Over $100
Realm Dr. Crane
Realm To Kalon
Schrader CCS

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Technically the Culler La Palette and Ridge Monte Bello that I listed are Cab Blends and not Cabs. My bad. But still darned good '07’s!

Thanks,
Ed.

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Under:
Caymus
River Marie
Vineyard 29 Cru
Jones The Sisters
Outpost True

Over:
Maybach
Harris Treva’s
Spottswoode
Scarecrow
Alpha Omega BTK

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Not my fav vintage, but I’ll play.

Under 100:
Jones Estate
Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Relic Rockledge

Over 100:
Schrader TKL
Realm- various
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

Under 50:
Jones Sisters
Georg Rafael Cabernet Sauvignon
Charlies Patch

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Over $100

Corra
Tor To Kalon
Spottswoode
Schrader CCS
Realm Dr Crane

Under $100

Buoncristiani
Vineyard 29 Cru
Round Pond
Larkmead
Kobalt

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I went long on under $100 since I had only two above $100

Under $100:
Rivers Marie
Rudius
BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Pott
Caymus
Ramey
ACV
Keenan

Over $100 - short list
Scarecrow
Phelps

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Under $100
Pott
Skipstone
Switchback

Over $100
Dana Helms
Futo
Corra
Jacquelynn BTK
Seven Stones