|
Year
|
|
WOW Rating
|
%
|
|
2000
|
Excellent growing conditions produced some very promising wines. Try
Sonoma and Carneros.
|
Drink or Hold
|
93
|
|
1999
|
Really good vintage, full, rich wines
|
Hold
|
92
|
|
1998
|
Tricky year with weather problems, inconsisent wines
|
Drink
|
84
|
|
1997
|
Outstanding vintage, many first-rate wines
|
Hold
|
94
|
|
1996
|
Good year, some fine wines
|
Drink or Hold
|
87
|
|
1995
|
Save Napa Merlots for 2 – 3 years
|
Drink or Hold
|
88
|
|
1994
|
Excellent vintage for most wineries
|
Drink or Hold
|
93
|
|
1993
|
Light,quaffable but don't keep it
|
Drink
|
82
|
|
1992
|
Classic vintage, attractively balanced wines
|
Drink or Hold
|
89
|
|
1991
|
A good year but a little past its best for many
|
Drink
|
87
|
|
1990
|
Delicious vintage, wines have good structure
|
Drink or Hold
|
91
|
|
1989
|
Not exciting but best names still drinkable
|
Drink
|
84
|
|
1988
|
Not exciting but top names still drinkable
|
Drink
|
84
|
Last updated on July 23, 2008