Reviews & Awards
2019
95+
2019 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
2018
95+
2018 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
2017
94
2017 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
2016
95
2016 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
Vinous
2015
95
2015 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
Vinous
2014
95+
2014 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
95
2014 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Vinous
2013
96
2013 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
95
2013 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from JamesSuckling.com
94
2013 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Vinous
2012
96
2012 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
94
2012 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from JamesSuckling.com
2011
93
2011 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
91
2011 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Vinous
2010
95
2010 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
92+
2010 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar
95
2010 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Vinous
2009
92
2009 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
91+
2009 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar

2009 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
2012 Regional Trophy Best in Show
2008
95
2008 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
94
2008 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
93
2008 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar
2007
96
2007 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
93
2007 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
93
2007 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar
2006
95
2006 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
93
2006 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
2005
95
2005 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
93
2005 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
94
2005 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar

2009 Silver award winner in Luxury Wines
from Pentawards Worldwide Packaging Design Competition

2009 Label of the Year
from Vinitaly
2004
94
2004 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
95
2004 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
2003
95
2003 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
92
2003 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
92
2003 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar
2002
92
2002 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Advocate
93
2002 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Wine Spectator
93
2002 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from International Wine Cellar
Articles

Publisher’s PICKS from The Tasting Panel
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Candied grape notes come alive in a luxuriously rich setting…

Ken’s Wine Guide
Monday, April 15, 2013
This excellent Cabernet is opaque and midnight blue colored.

10 Questions from Napa Valley Register
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
It’s all in the name for Wineburg…

A Special Look at Buccella Wines’ 2010 Releases
from Living Napa Cabulous
Monday, March 11, 2013
Over the past year, Buccella has grown to become one of my favorite wine producers in Napa Valley.

2009 Buccella Cabernet Sauvignon
from Great Wine News
Friday, March 1, 2013
This young beauty has a long life ahead.

California Dreaming
from Robb Report
Monday, November 1, 2010
A layered and voluptuous Cabernet Sauvignon…

Best American Wines Over $20
from Food & Wine
Friday, October 1, 2010
Buccella has swiftly become a top Napa Valley Cabernet producer. The great 2007 vintage played to Buccella’s strengths, resulting in a cassis-inflected wine of extraordinary polish.

Merlot Reborn
from Decanter
Friday, October 1, 2010
Sumptuous Merlot, bursting with dark cherry, chocolate, coffee flavours, velvety, expansive mouthful, nice tannin structure.

Merlots Worth The Money
from Forbes.com
Friday, May 1, 2009
“Time after time, [Buccella Merlot is] the first bottle empty,” proving to discerning palates around the table that merlot can be every bit as good as the best cabs.

American Wine Awards 2008: Winemaker of the Year
from Food & Wine
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
[Celia] Welch is an icon, known for making big, intense, classic Napa Cabs for clients all over the Valley, from Calistoga to Carneros.

The new cult wines: 10 wineries to watch
from SFGate
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The right combination of factors to catapult to cult status.

Top 20 California Cabernets
from Wine Spectator
Friday, February 1, 2008

100 Tastes to try in ‘07
from Food & Wine
Monday, January 1, 2007
Only hand-picked, ultraripe grapes, aging in new French oak for at least 18 months…produce some of the valley’s most talked-about Cabs–including Buccella.

Napa’s Impressive Newcomers
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
The Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2002 is a stunning debut—dense and rich, yet supple and graceful.

Promising New Napa Winemaker Takes on Six Cabernet Clients
from Wine Spectator
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
[The Deems] who dream of moving to Napa Valley…had no vineyard, no grape source and certainly no winery.