1992 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard

This up and coming producer is making 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Lamb Vineyard on Howell Mountain. Both the 1992 and 1993 are wines to seek out, although the tiny production means quantities are extremely limited. Both wines boast opaque black colors, and huge, sweet, jammy noses of cassis fruit, minerals, flowers, and new oak. Powerfully authoritative flavors that ooze glycerin and fruit extraction are also elegant and harmonious. The tannin is buried beneath an amazing amount of concentration. The 1993 finishes with slightly greater focus, delineation, and length, it's splitting hairs at this level. Both wines should drink well for at least 20 years. The 1994 is a spectacular, promising Cabernet Sauvignon that has me drooling in anticipation of its release. No tel. listing; address: Colgin-Schrader Cellars, P.O. Box 372, Calistoga, CA 94515