I had ocassion to taste this little gem and was moved to try to acquire more.

Can anyone help?

If you find some, I'll split it with you. This is/was? one of my absolute favorite bottles. I have 2 96 and 2 97 left.


Good Hunting,

DBW

Don't know if there is a difference between the regular reserve and private reserve but I found:

http://www.wineroom.com/oldrare.cfm

Hope that helps

Had the '96 last night amongst about 20 other cabs and it definitely stood out.

Glad I have one more...

funny wine quip goes here.

Your post was helpful--I scored.

Thanks

dbw;
Have you tasted the '97 yet? A local shop has a couple of mags for $105/ea. and I'm thinking about pulling the trigger. The '95 and '96 Reserve Merlot were outstanding; I believe it was just after the '97 vintage that St. Francis when on a big downhill slide, IMHO.

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift

Almost all of SF's '97s were great. It was after this year that things went downhill. By the way, I was just at a wine dinner at SF last month and tasted some of the 2001s. I'm hoping this will be a return to glory. It seems that the assistant winemaker is having a good influence on the direction of the wines. The 2001s had good fruit concentration, but were made in a more elegant, feminine style without the overbearing oak of the past few years. They were very nice, although they haven't released the biggies yet, e.g. Nunns Canyon Cab/Merlot, Kings Ridge, etc.

-Brettay

Kybo,

The 97 was smooth, rich and very nice. I would buy more.

I think the ranking would be:
1994 - 94-96pts
1996 - 92-93pts
1997 - same

... 1996 was more powerful, but otherwise 97 and 96 were very good. This is from memory - but I myself went back and got more!

DBW