1968 BEAULIEU VINEYARD Georges de Latour Private Reserve is a wine of great class and balance, finishing subtle, fresh, firm, and long with sweet, fine-grained tannins. Famed winemaker Andre Tchelistcheff called 1968 his most excellent vintage, and this wine is still going strong over 50 years later.
1974 HEITZ CELLARS Martha’s Vineyard judged the best wine made in America before 1985. This was a benchmark wine in American wine history. Iconic, epic, colossal, exceptional!
1978 ROBERT MONDAVI Reserve is a wine that embodied Robert Mondavi’s philosophy of making powerful yet gentle wines. Each year the blend reflects the “First Growth” quality of the famed To-Kalon Vineyard. This is the flagship wine of Robert Mondavi, one of the most influential figures in the history of the Napa Valley, a true Napa Valley Legend.
1985 STAG’S LEAP Cask 23 is the flagship wine of this estate in one of the best vintages in the history of Napa Valley wines. Stag’s Leap received international renown by winning the famous 1976 Paris wine tasting with its 1973 SLV by half a point over the 1970 Chateau Mouton Rothschild. The 1985 Cask 23 was undoubtedly one of the superstars of the 1985 Vintage.
1986 BERINGER Private Reserve was #1 wine of the year in 1990 in Wine Spectator magazine. Critics believe this wine was even better than its Private Reserve in the more famous 1985 Vintage. It has a stunning bouquet of ripe, smoky, oaky, berry-scented fruit, extravagantly rich, luscious flavors, and super length.
1989 CHATEAU MONTELENA was acclaimed as one of the top wines in an otherwise maligned vintage. Wine critics consider Chateau Montelena one of the producers that “never makes a bad vintage, making fine Cabernets in vintages where other producers flounder. Chateau Montelena is also famed for producing the winning white wine in the famous 1976 Paris wine tasting with its 1973 Chardonnay.
1991 DOMINUS Estate is created by French winemaker Christian Moueix, who crafts the wines of the world-famous Chateau Petrus, one of the world’s most coveted and expensive wines. The wine is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet France and 1% Petit Verdot, all Bordeaux varietals. At the time, 1991 was the most highly acclaimed wine that had been produced at Dominus since its start in 1983.