95+ Point Cabernet Icons: Discover the Top 5
- , by Team Experts
- 2 min reading time
This season, we invite you to explore five extraordinary Cabernet Sauvignon wines—each rated 95 points or higher and revered for their power, precision, and pedigree. From the graphite elegance of Bordeaux to the velvet richness of Napa, these bottles represent the pinnacle of Cabernet expression.
Whether you're collecting, gifting, or savoring, these selections promise depth, longevity, and unforgettable character.
1. 2021 Domaine De Chevalier Rouge
Wine Enthusiast | 96 Pts
This grand Bernard family estate in Léognan is legendary for its white wine. This is a ripe, spicily wood-aged wine. Its background of young acidity brings out a tangy edge that will soften and fill out into a long-lived wine.
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2. 2022 Chateau Beychevelle
Jeb Dunnuck | 97 Pts
A deep ruby/purple color and an exquisite nose of crème de cassis, plum, leafy herbs, spring flowers, and minerality. This full-bodied wine features an elegant mouthfeel, polished tannins, and a remarkable finish.
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3. 2017 Spottswoode Estate
Wine Enthusiast | 96 Pts
A beautiful, elegant and youthful wine, it offers seam-less texture and integration, quiet hints of blue-berry and black currant and a hint of cocoa powder. Gentle in nature and approach, it has a complex depth and more to say.
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4. 2019 Ridge Vineyards
Wine Enthusiast | 96 Pts
16 months in 58% new American oak may have rounded the edges of the wine, but none of that oak shows up in the wine’s flavour—exquisite structure and balance.
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5. 2018 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon
Vinous | 97 Pts
Inky dark purplish fruit, savory herbs, menthol, licorice and spice. The purity of the fruit is remarkable today. There is plenty of youthful Howell Mountain tannin, so readers will have to be patient. Bright floral accents lift the red/purplish berry fruit nicely.