Best Adapted… anything. 2012 Adaptation, Napa Valley Petite Sirah
Friday, January 11th, 2019 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Napa, Petite Sirah | No Comments »I bought this wine years ago from The Accidental Wine Company. Can't recall what I paid, but I doubt it was very much. It's been laying around my cellar for at least six years. I opened it tonight. Wow! I'm kicking myself ...
Yet Another Amazing Napa Cab…
Monday, May 21st, 2018 Posted in but not outrageous, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Expensive, Napa | No Comments »Cameron Hughes Lot 601 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This one weighs in at $32, so trending above were we usually talk about wines here on Vinagoth. But this one is a bargain as without the obfuscation by the Negociant, it ...
Best of 2017: Cameron Hughes Lot 606 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
Thursday, October 26th, 2017 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cheap and Red, Napa | No Comments »Sure, it's only October, but I've found the best budget wine of the year, hands down. It is still available, and if you're smart, you'll go buy some now. It sells for $29/bottle, but I have to tell you, this ...
Ain’t Life Grand? Cameron Hughes Lot 602, 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Sunday, May 21st, 2017 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cheap and Red, Napa | No Comments »I think the first contemporary vintages of Napa Valley cabernets I ever tasted were from the late 70s, likely 1978/79. I was just a wee barbarian, drinking at the table of my father, whose wine exploits and palette I aspire ...
Smart Bombs and Cellar Treasures: Cameron Hughes Lots 444 & 469
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Merlot, Napa, Unknown! | 1 Comment »Twenty-some years ago we all watched astounded on CNN as a war halfway around the world displayed some shocking technology: The Smart Bomb. Our grandfathers dropped dumb bombs on each other, and it resulted in entire cities being destroyed when ...
Cameron Hughes Lot 460, 2013 Oakville Napa Valley Merlot
Thursday, August 4th, 2016 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Merlot, Napa, Uncategorized | No Comments »Merlot may have suffered a bit sales ways from a single throw-away punchline in Sideways, but as a varietal it remains one of the Crown Jewels of Bordeaux, and it's North American outpost of Napa Valley. For a bargain-hunting gourmand ...
Corner Grinder – Cameron Hughes Lot 448 Napa Valley Meritage 2012
Thursday, July 16th, 2015 Posted in California, Cheap and Red, Napa, Unknown! | No Comments »In ice hockey there is a particular type of player that every coach wants on his roster. The common terminology used to describe them is "grinder". One of those players that isn't afraid to go into the corners of the ...
Another Cellar Treasure from 2010
Thursday, January 8th, 2015 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Napa | No Comments »Here is another of the older bottles I pulled from the cellar over the holidays, a 2010 Napa Cab from Cameron Hughes. Like the Merlot I enjoyed with Xmas dinner, it was a "pretty good" drinker back when it was ...
Cellar Treasure: Cameron Hughes Lot 344 – 2010 Oakville Merlot
Thursday, January 8th, 2015 Posted in California, Cellar Treasures, Cheap and Red, Merlot, Napa | No Comments »Good things sometimes come to those that wait. In this case it has been a few years of waiting, but it was all worth it. Around the holidays I went rummaging around in the cellar, which honestly sounds better than ...
Cellar Dregs: 2006 Cameron Hughes Lot 102.
Saturday, February 25th, 2012 Posted in Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cheap and Red, Napa, The Spit Bucket | No Comments »I love Cameron Hughes wines. In fact they represent likely 80% of our nightly consumption here at Chez Vinagoth. I buy several cases of mixed reds from CHwines per year to keep the cellar stocked. So by no means ...
