Niebaum-Coppola Rubicon Rutherford 2004, Napa Valley

Rubicon Estates 2004 Napa Valley Cabernet is Francis Ford Copola's most exclusive wine. Very limited .

96 POINTS Wine & Spirits: "At its best Rubicon stuns with power and richness. In lesser vintages the wine, which is largely Cabernet Sauvignon, can be raisiny. While 2004 was a warm year, diligent viticulture paid off, resulting in an opulent wine with the purest expression of crushed cherries and blackberries, and oak-inspired hints of nougat and caramel. Fairly aggressive in tannins now, it should begin to open by 2008 and drink well for a decade."

Rubicon Estate’s flagship wine is Rubicon — a proprietary blend of Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. It is produced from the best selections of the Estate’s 235 contiguous acres of certified-organic vineyards, including Clone #29 Cabernet Sauvignon, a 40-year-old selection that laboratory analysis confirmed has the same genetic material as the vines Gustave Niebaum, Inglenook’s founder, brought back from France in the 1880s.