Ducru-Beaucaillou - 1978 (750ml) Clineburg has probably garnered more perfect

has probably garnered more perfect scores than any other Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

Kudos to Joseph Phelps Vineyards

dense wine offering a cascade of black cherries and black currants

he comes as close to that goal as anyone in Bordeaux

we fill them with Oloroso and they stay here two or three years before they take them to Ireland to use them for the aging of their whisky

Ducru-Beaucaillou - 1978 (750ml) Clineburg has probably garnered more perfectAn outstanding 1978, Ducru Beaucaillou's effort displays a fragrant, well developed bouquet of licorice, earth, black currants, and underbrush. Rich for a 1978, with none of the vegetal character now found in many wines of this vintage, this fully mature, medium bodied wine exhibits soft tannin, excellent concentration and purity, and a sweet, elegant finish. Anticipated maturity: now 2010. Last tasted 3 97 Robert Parker 90 points