Other Napa Valley AVAs: top Cabernets from the 2019 vintage
From Yountville, Diamond Mountain and Oak Knoll, to Mount Veeder, Atlas Peak and Chiles Valley – we've picked out 19 top Cabernets from other Napa Valley AVAs worth seeking out from Jonathan Cristaldi's 2019 vintage report.
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The Napa Valley is California‘s first (and the US’s second) recognised American Viticultural Area (AVA), ratified in 1981. And within this famous wine-growing region are 16 sub-AVAs.
Scroll down for the top-scoring Cabernets from other Napa AVAs in 2019
Other Napa AVAs 2019: the top-performing producers
Cristaldi’s value picks
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Napa Cabernet 2019 – individual analysis by AVA:
Calistoga | Coombsville | Howell Mountain | Oakville | Rutherford | Spring Mountain | St Helena | Stags Leap District
PLUS: Top-value Napa Cabernet 2019 – the best to buy
Other Napa Valley AVAs: the top-scoring Cabernets in 2019
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Ad Vivum, Sleeping Lady Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
The personal project of winemaker Chris Phelps of Inglenook. Since his days at Dominus in the 1990s, he continues to show a deft hand with...
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Kinsman Eades, Anjea Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Though he doesn't list the site on his label, winemaker Nigel Kinsman, who co-owns this label with his wife Shea, sources the fruit from Sleeping...
2019
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Lokoya, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt Veeder, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Powerfully aromatic black fruits, dried herbs, dark-roast coffee beans, toasty oak and dried flowers. Full-throttle, structured and dense, with firm, elongated tannins and compact black-toned...
2019
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Kinsman Eades, Rhadamanthus, Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
The personal project of winemaker Nigel Kinsman and his wife, Shea. The name is derived from their surnames. Their first vintage was 2016 and the...
2019
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Mt Brave, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt Veeder, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Showcasing the lovely freshness of high-elevation Mt Veeder grapes. Vivid boysenberry and mulberry fruits give way to mountain herbs, dusty minerals and rich toasty cedar....
2019
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Antica, Townsend Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
From Piero Antinori's 9.7ha Townsend Vineyard planted at 487m and overlooking Rector Canyon. Bright red berry fruit is tinged with cinnamon spices on the nose,...
2019
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Gentleman Farmer Wines, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Jérôme Chéry, longtime winemaker for Saintsbury, and Littorai before that, makes this wine for Jeff Durham, whose family has farmed vines in the Oak Knoll...
2019
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Davies Vineyards, J Davies Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
From the the Davies family, proprietors of Schramsberg. Here they show a deft hand with Cabernet. Fragrant dark berry fruit, sweet liquorice, delicate wild herbs,...
2019
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Newton, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt Veeder, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Lovely, lavish dark fruit notes, tobacco spice and coffee beans. The weighty palate is loaded with savoury black olive, black forest cake and wild mountain...
2019
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Davies Vineyards, JD Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Spice plums, mulberry blackberry, thyme and chocolate on the nose. Sweet ripe fruit rides a wave of satiny tannins that mingle in the mouth with...
2019
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Grgich Hills Estate, Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Legendary winemaker Mike Grgich is winemaker emeritus here now, while his nephew, Croatian-born Ivo Jeramaz, manages day-to-day operations. Older vines supply the grapes for this...
2019
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Lobo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
A long, three-week maceration period followed by fermentation in stainless steel with twice daily pumpovers and less stirring. Aged in 75% new French oak, separate...
2019
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Stringer Cellars, Ghost Block Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
This unfiltered, organically farmed, single-vineyard old Mondavi clone Cabernet offers an incredibly rich nose of muddled dark berries, vanilla, hints of liquorice and oak spice....
2019
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Materra, Vine 1 Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Chelsea Barrett (daughter of Heidi and Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena) leads the cellar here with help from Caryn Harrison and consultant Michael Trujillo. Perfume...
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Smith Devereux, Nancy's Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
This 100% Cabernet comes from partners Ian Devereux (a writer and musician), Steve Smith (a music act manager) and John Anthony Truchard, who was raised...
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Girard, Cabernet Sauvignon, Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
From winemaker Glenn Hugo, a very pretty, initially reserved wine, but give it some time to reveal its elegant crushed stone minerality, cherry and raspberry...
2019
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Trefethen, Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, USA 2019
Very pretty aromas of blackberry, plums and new leather. Pure and sleek palate of black- and blue-toned fruit, graphite, dried rose petals and herbs atop...
2019
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Nichelini Family Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chiles Valley, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
From the Chiles Valley AVA in the hills east of St Helena. Aimée Sunseri the fifth-generation of the Nichelini family, crafted this enticing red with...
2019
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Clockwise, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA 2019
Brandied cherry, caramel, earth and violets give way to a medium-bodied, plush red marked by a streak of vanilla that pierces the juicy red and...
2019
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