The Cabernet Flight

The Cabernet Flight

Six Cabernets, $21 to $94, lined up so you can taste exactly what the money buys.

Start in Lodi with McManis — juicy blackberry, soft oak, nothing complicated. Josh Cellars is the crowd-pleaser, cassis and vanilla and velvet. Then Bonanza, and J. Lohr Seven Oaks out of Paso Robles with a year in American oak behind it.

Decoy steps things up. Duckhorn's approachable label, but the pedigree shows.

And then Caymus Napa Valley — the one every other bottle on this list is quietly being measured against.

Here's the good bit: Bonanza and Caymus are made by the same man. Chuck Wagner built Bonanza as his everyday wine and Caymus as his flagship, and there's $68 between them. Pour them side by side and see what you actually taste.

Open them in order over a few weeks, or line all six up with friends and argue about it properly.

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