Napa Cabernet 2014: 10 Years After

The 2014 vintage is aging beautifully, marrying rich fruit with a sense of freshness

The entry gates to Abreu’s Cappella vineyard in St. Helena, California.
Abreu’s Cappella vineyard, on the western side of St. Helena, yielded one of the top 2014s in a retrospective tasting. (Matt Morris)

Experienced producers and consumers alike know that the best of California’s Cabernets merit a decade of cellaring before consuming. For 2014, the year of Napa’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake, these 20 wines have risen from the cellar bigger and better than ever. Earlier this year, senior editor James Molesworth conducted a retrospective tasting of California Cabs from 2014, a vintage that garnered a classic rating of 95 points upon its release despite the destruction. Get his scores and tasting notes for wines from Harlan, Lokoya, Merryvale, Schrader, Spottswoode, Seavey, Dominus and more.

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