But, he continued, he has heard that in 1947 the vineyard bottled only five magnums.
Dr. Naumberg's vineyard bottles sweet red table wine, merlot, seyval blanc and a rosé called "Doc's Own," with a drawing of his face on the label.
Under the Rancho Zabaco label there are always several zinfandel bottlings worthy of note, beginning with Dancing Bull and moving up to the Chiotti Vineyard bottling from Dry Creek Valley.
For $85,000 for the first two years, Evans cares for the owner's vineyard, bottles the wine and helps design a personalised label.
There's also an unusual and flavorful single vineyard bottling made entirely of Mazuelo, which is known as Carignan in France and America.
Some wines, like the collection of rare single-vineyard bottles from Keller in Rheinhessen, are simply too young for drinking.
And this was not including some of the most expensive, and perhaps controversial, Napa zins, single-vineyard bottles from Turley Cellars.
Bodegas Hermanos Pérez Pascuas scored twice, with both wines coming from the excellent 1996 vintage; the Gran Selección ('91, $195) is a powerful single-vineyard bottling, while the Gran Reserva ('91, $85) is ripe and still fruity.
Mr. Brewer also made our No. 10 wine, the 2007 Diatom from the Clos Pepe vineyard, a bottle about which I felt a great deal of conflict.
Beyond that, Vinebox gives extra attention to detail when it comes to its tasting vials, which are made with hand-drawn glass and maintain the same graphic design label you'd see on each vineyard's bottle.
