If you cellar only a few Napa Cabernets a year, this is one you should seek out. It’s so tannic, so shut down, yet so explosive in blackberries, currants, dark chocolate and sweet oak, that it will easily negotiate the next decade. If you really have to open it before 2015, at least give it a decent decant.——S.H.(4/1/2012)—— 94

This is a wine that requires concentration to appreciate. Tasted blind, it’s hard and impenetrable. When you understand its origins, it becomes clearer, a mountain wine of strong, shut-down tannins, but with a core of black currants. The vintage was not a great one, but the wine will benefit from up to six years in the cellar.——S.H.(5/1/2009)—— 92

With their ’05 reserve, Reverie has produced possibly their greatest Cabernet Sauvignon ever. But be forewarned, it needs cellaring. Not a long time, just enough to soften and sweeten a bit. Right now, the tannins shove to the front of the line, pushing aside the delicious blackberries and currants. But the wine has Bordeaux-like elegance. Even a few years in the bottle will help resolve things.——S.H.(4/1/2008)—— 94