Don’t think you can find this for under $60 and certainly not relatively easily , per the OP’s question
The Rivers-Marie entry level cab sells in the $50-60 range but drinks like $200+
Where? And it’s relatively easy to find, per the OP??
Venge Silencieux is a relative bargain, esp at member price
$65 at release.
Domaine Eden
Ridge
Odonata Douglas Crest
Lexington by Thomas Fogarty
II by Alpha Omega
CVR by Quilceda Creek
The Pairing by Jonata
Alta Maria
Dehlinger
Frogs Leap
Oak Knoll
Chappellet
Sojourn Home Ranch
Heitz
Sinskey POV
Tanbark Hill
Smith Madrone
The Keenan cab is enjoyable.
Since 2013, the Charles Krug Generations is hands down my favorite.
+1 I agree. Very well balanced wines. I traded cigars for some bottles of this, which I totally forgot about in my collection.
So I tried Faust 2014 really enjoyed it. Also picked up a bottle of Adaptation 2014.
Where can I get the Rivers Marie easily?
Really surprised there’s been no mention of Seavey Caravina.
2nd wine of the estate, right at the $50 mark and delicious. I think it’s right there with Ridge Estate as the best 2nd’s in California.
-af
Definitely the best under $60. I’ll be getting some more before Steve closes shop.
Khoi
Venge Silencieux is pretty hard to beat. Had a bottle of the 2014 Camino Montecillo which was pretty solid.
Bought Venge Silencieux '14 on a whim after I saw it mentioned multiple times here and it was on sale down the street when I needed cab with dinner for my sister who doesn’t care for what I normally cellar. That is one blueberry-pomegranate smoothie of a wine. Mount Eden estate a few weeks later was much more restrained and to my taste, still not what I’d like to see for 60 bucks. Dang CA cab has gotten expensive for what’s in the bottle, except for the impressively and ridiculously overweight bottle itself.
Based on today’s re-release of Hidden Ridge, you can scratch this one off this list
Easily? Maybe K & L? Under $60 too? Doubtful. Maybe an odd bottle here and there.
Nope, right now other than an auction, lowest price at K&L is $79.99
Drinkward Peschon Entre Deux Meres and Stony Hill Cabernet Sauvignon. Prices have inched higher than $60.00, but earlier vintages can be found.
The generalization that Washington produces blends rather than 100% Cabs is not very true. Almost every winery has at least one, sometimes more, sometimes exclusively, Cabernet Sauvignon. Many do blend, and some of the big names blend, Andrew Will, Cadence. But many of the other big names (above the price range) are 100% (or enough to be labeled) Cabernet Sauvignon: Quilceda Creek, Leonetti, DeLille, Force Majeure, Cote Bonneville
A few more Washington options, under or around the price range, some harder to find than others.
JB Neufeld - 100% Cabs from DuBrul, Two Blondes, Artz, and blends. Best bang for buck, imo, ~$40.
Adams Bench - 100% Cabs from Red Willow, Discovery, a few others, and blends.
Cooper - 100% Red Mountain estate Cabs, sometimes a Walla Walla Cab, blends.
Cultura - Usually 1 or 2 100% Cabs and blends.
J Bell - 100% Cab and blends
Hightower - 100% Cab and blends.
Fidelitas - maybe above $60 by now but often 100% Cab from a range of vineyards including their estate on Red Mountain.
Woodward Canyon - late add-on to my list but one of the iconic Cab makers from WA, pricing can exceed range but sometimes not.
Looking for similar recommendations to the OP. I just tried a Venge silencieux and really enjoyed it. What others in this list would you say are done in a similar style?
Abeja
ACV Right Bank
Adams Bench
Adaptation
Alpha Omega II
Alta Maria
Amapola Creek
Avennia Sestina
Becklyn
Boudreaux
Cadence
Chappellet
Charles Krug Generations
Chateau Montelena
Coho Headwaters
Congruence
Cooper
Crossbarn
Cultura
Dehlinger
Delinger Claret
Domaine Eden
Drinkward Peschon
Ehlers
Faust
Fidelitas
Flora Springs
Forman
Ghostwriter
Gramercy
Hall
Halter Ranch
Heitz
Herb Lamb Two Old Dogs
Hidden Ridge
Hightower
Honig
Hunnicutt
J Bell
JB Neufeld
Jean Edwards
Jonata The Pairing
Keenan
Kevin White DuBrul
Lewelling
Lexington by Thomas Fogarty
Long Shadows
Mark Ryan Dead Horse
Match
Merryvale
Mt Eden
Myriad
Neal Family
Neyers Neyers Ranch
Oak Knoll
Odonata Douglas Crest
Peter Franus
Pine Ridge
Quilceda Creek
Quivet
Ramey
Ridge
Rivers-Marie
Robert Craig
Robert Mondavi
Round Pond
Scarlett
Scherrer
Seavey Caravina
Sequoia Grove
Sheridan
Sineann
Sinskey POV
Smith Madrone
Sojourn Home Ranch
Steven Kent
Stony Hill
Tanbark Hill
Teeter Totter
Terra Valentine
Two Vintners
Upchurch
Venge
Woodward Canyon