Having founded his namesake winery in 1966 with the aim of creating world-class Napa Valley wines, Robert Mondavi is considered by many as one of the most important figures in American wine. The 1996 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is rich, flamboyant and intensely flavoured with notes of cassis, herbs, smoke and cedar. Seamlessly textured and with tannins almost fully integrated, this is at peak for drinking.