7 Value Cabernets to Buy Now

Classic Cabernet from a historic producer: Ripe blackberry fruit, polished tannins, richly flavorful. Winemaker Genevieve Janssens has been making some of the best wines of her career lately.

Winemaker Phillip Corallo-Titus is the talent behind this minty, cassis-rich Cabernet. It’s supple, velvety and ideal for drinking now.

Buehler has long had an underground reputation for making top-flight Cabernets that sell for less than they ought to, like this elegantly structured, black cherry–rich bottle.

Star consulting winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown’s deft touch is evident here. Think dark plum flavors against brighter mulberry ones, with lingering tobacco notes.

This historic winery’s Cabernets have been on a roll lately, and this bottling is characteristic: saturated blackberry fruit; a touch of supple oak; and fine, dusty tannins on the finish.

Mocha oak and rich cassis fruit push this robust red to the riper side, but winemaker Julien Fayard gives it a finely balanced precision.

If you want a $40 Cabernet that drinks like it costs $80, this is it. Powerful and extracted, with mocha-oak notes and dark currant fruit—yet it’s perfectly balanced.