title: Dry Creek Vineyard 1998 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Dry Creek Valley)
description: Defines what makes this appellation great for Cabernet, but also why it won't rival Napa anytime soon. Brilliantly ripe fruit, lovely balance, such a pretty taste of the earth and, in this case, expensive oak. But there's that extra something it aspires to and doesn't quite achieve. It has to do with complexity of tannins.
variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
designation: Reserve