Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale 2006
(Sonoma County, California) - [WA 93]

Notes from the Winemaker: 
Since 1992 Arrowood has been making Reserve designate Cabernet Sauvignon. The same passion that inspired it then, continues today. This is Arrowood's signature Cabernet Sauvignon, composed of the finest barrels of wine sourced from select vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Lush, layered and complex, this wine captures the fingerprint of the variety, the character of terroir, and our finest representation of the vintage.

93 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The two big Cabernets (meant to age for 2-3 decades) include the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso and the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale. These two offerings will improve in the cellar, and may well outpace my conservative ratings. The 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale is another brilliant effort. One only has to go back to older vintages to see how well this wine ages. It is often a candidate for one of the top three or four Cabernet Sauvignons made on the Sonoma side of the Mayacamas Mountains. A dense ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of creme de cassis, cedar, licorice, tobacco leaf, and spice box. The wine is full-bodied, rich, and heady with superb concentration and depth as well as moderately high tannins in the long, 40+ second finish. Give it 2-3 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 25 years." - Robert Parker (Feb 2010)