Robert Mondavi - Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve 2003 (750ml)

Robert Mondavi Reserve wines are made from the best fruit of individually selected vineyards in Napa Valley, offer the most cellar aging potential and truly belong in the company of the great wines of the world. This wine embodies the marriage of advanced viticultural practices with winemaking artistry, resulting in a wine of elegant complexity that has the structure to endure the test of time.

Shows all the hallmarks of great Mondavi Reserve. Ageworthy and complex, with enormously ripe, rich fruit, classic chocolate, cassis plus cream and spice from new oak. So smoothly voluptuous now, it goes down like velvet, but the tannin-acid balance will easily hold this wine through 2015. —Steve Heimoff,