Top Ten Cabernet Sauvignon's

My friend Igor (who got me started on Pinot Noir a couple of years ago) has now picked up the Cabernet habit. He asked me to send him a list of my ten most favorite Cabernet's, which in turn gave me the idea for this post. The first thing that hit me when I started typing up the list was now many Cabernet's I have tried over the years. The second was how hard it was to narrow the list down to ten. Anyway here is the list, most are fairly rare, none are cheap, all are great.

1. Viader “V”
2. Peter Michael (Les Pavots Estate Cabernet)
3. Pride Mountain Vineyards (Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon)
4. Lokoya
5. Spottswoode
6. Pahlmeyer (Proprietary Red)
7. Dunn Vineyards(Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon)
8. Silver Oak (Napa Valley Cabernet, 1997 or earlier)
9. Opus One
10. Quintessa