2023 Carter Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze Napa Valley

December 1, 2025

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Carter

Cabernet Sauvignon
The Haze 2023
Napa Valley

In a region where reputation can precede reality, The Haze stands as proof that mastery needs no introduction. Crafted by a team responsible for more than a dozen perfect scores, the 2023 release reflects everything Carter Cellars has built its legacy upon: power without excess, detail without restraint, and a sense of place that whispers through every sip.

Under the direction of winemaker Russell Bevan, the fifth vintage of The Haze emerges as a masterclass in controlled intensity. Bevan approaches texture the way a sculptor works with marble: patiently, precisely, revealing power without losing beauty. The 2023 vintage showcases his signature touch, with saturated fruit lifted by freshness, and tannins that glide smoothly.

Composed entirely of Cabernet Sauvignon, The Haze radiates with the hallmarks of the Carter Cellars house style: deep, concentrated fruit, seamless texture, and a finish that unfolds deliberately. It’s the kind of wine that reminds you why this valley remains at the heart of the world’s Cabernet conversation. A place where craft meets conviction, and where a producer like Carter Cellars continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the glass.

Carter
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Haze 2023
Napa Valley

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“There are 235 cases of the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze, a 100% varietal from a mix of sites. Cassis, graphite, smoky oak, and a Graves-like scorched earth and smoky character all shine here, and it’s full-bodied, has a pure, elegant, layered mouthfeel, sweet yet building tannins, and outstanding length.”

95-97 Points

2022 Facets Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

November 25, 2025

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Facets

Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2022

Precision is the language Julien Fayard speaks fluently, and in Facets 2022, he’s written a love letter to Napa’s diversity. The wine captures the essence of Napa Valley, standing as a polished reflection of the region’s diverse terroirs, revealing balance over excess. It’s a wine that captures the power of California sun and the restraint of French discipline in perfect, seamless motion.

For Fayard, crafting Facets is less about blending fruit than sculpting dimension. Sourced from the cool precision of Oak Knoll and the structured gravitas of Yountville, the 2022 vintage draws on contrasting terroirs to create harmony. His training at Château Lafite Rothschild and Quintessa informs a philosophy of finding an equilibrium between opulence and restraint, ripeness and poise.

Aged for 20 months in French oak, the 2022 Facets reveals depth without heaviness. It is a modern Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that’s refined, confident, and enduring. For collectors and casual enthusiasts alike, it’s a wine that defines where Napa Cabernet is headed: elegant, deliberate, and undeniably world-class.

Facets
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2022

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“The Gemstone estate vineyard spans 6.5 hectares (16 acres) on the western benches of Yountville. Still, Facets is Gemstone’s non-estate wine, crafted from carefully selected vineyards in Yountville and Oak Knoll by winemaker Julien Fayard, who took the helm in 2021. The 2022 Facets is a crowd-pleaser with upfront appeal, offering heady aromas of violets, rose petals, sweet candied red berry fruit, and dusty minerals. The velvety, fine-grained tannins are seamlessly integrated on the palate, giving the wine a polished texture. Full-bodied and rich, it features expressive, balanced cedarwood sweetness and finishes with notes of crushed cacao nibs. Grapes are gently pressed directly into barrels for fermentation and aged up to 18 months in 40% new French oak. The 2022 vintage is approachable now and perfect for drinking, while the more structured 2021s continue to develop, delivering a harmonious balance of richness, elegance, and immediate gratification.”

95 Points

2021 Anthem Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder

November 14, 2025

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Anthem

Cabernet Sauvignon
Mt. Veeder 2021

Perched on the rugged slopes of Mount Veeder, where vines cling to fractured rock, Anthem’s 2021 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon was born in defiance of gravity. It’s a wine forged by extremes: sunlight and shadow, warmth and wind, precision and power. What emerges is a wine of profound beauty, with dark and muscular yet polished to a fine sheen, its elegance revealed through structure, harmony, and quiet confidence.

Under the direction of acclaimed winemaker Jeff Ames, every decision at Anthem is made with confidence and patience. Having honed his craft alongside icons like Thomas Brown, Ames channels that experience into a style defined by purity and restraint, revealing a wine that feels sculpted, as though every contour has been carved by intent.

For the 2021 vintage, Jeff coaxed out the vineyard’s most expressive fruit: dense yet detailed, layered with mountain spice, graphite, and violets. Already earning high praise, it drinks beautifully now, but its real magic will unfold over a decade or more. Whether savored tonight or cellared for tomorrow, this is Cabernet that carries the voice of the mountain and the patience of the ages.

Anthem
Cabernet Sauvignon
Mt. Veeder 2021
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“The 2021 Anthem Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon opens with inviting aromas of black cherries and ripe currants, layered with hints of crushed graphite, violets before folding in subtle hints of loamy earth and warm spices which add wonderful complexity. The palate is medium to full and finely structured, with firm tannins supporting a core of dark fruit and mocha nuances which lingers through the finish Excellent today, but also offers a promising graceful evolution with cellaring.”

94 Points

2019 Mt. Brave Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder

November 10, 2025

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Mt. Brave

Cabernet Sauvignon
Mt. Veeder 2019

After years of quiet evolution in the cellar, the 2019 Mt. Brave Cabernet Sauvignon is finally revealing the full measure of its power and grace. What was once tightly coiled and brooding has unfurled into a symphony of mountain fruit, fine tannin, and haunting perfume. The wine offers a mesmerizing reminder of what patience can achieve in the hands of a master.

100pt winemaker Chris Carpenter has spent more than two decades decoding the language of Napa’s mountain vineyards, and Mt. Brave is among his most eloquent expressions. From the steep, fractured slopes of Mt. Veeder, he coaxes fruit that balances density with lift, structure with purity. The 2019 reveals that duality: a wine of formidable strength that moves with the grace of a dancer.

Now, with time having sculpted its edges to perfection, the 2019 Mt. Brave Cabernet stands at its pinnacle. It opens with an arresting purity, unfolding in layers before settling into a finish that seems to stretch toward the horizon. Mt. Brave’s 2019 vintage is mountain Cabernet at its most complete: soulful, sophisticated, and utterly compelling.

Mt. Brave
Cabernet Sauvignon
Mt. Veeder 2019
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“Showcasing the lovely freshness of high-elevation Mt Veeder grapes. Vivid boysenberry and mulberry fruits give way to mountain herbs, dusty minerals and rich toasty cedar. A compact wine revealing black-fruited flavours and savoury herbal nuances alongside sculpted tannins that are pixelated and mouthcoating. An impressively long finish of iron shavings, baked agave and dried chaparral.”

97 Points

2021 Grand Napa Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

November 3, 2025

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Grand Napa

Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2021

Grand Napa’s 2021 Reserve Cabernet is a reminder that power, when guided by grace, leaves the most profound impression. The wine embodies the quiet confidence of a classic vintage, defined by clarity, energy, and poise. Its core of Cabernet Sauvignon delivers precision and depth, while Cabernet Franc contributes lifted florals, and Merlot softens the edges with its signature plushness, resulting in a wine that feels sculpted rather than forced.

Drawn from premier sites across Rutherford, Calistoga, and the broader Napa Valley, the 2021 Reserve captures the essence of each terroir in a single, harmonized voice. Under Stéphane Vivier’s steady hand, these elements are woven together with restraint and precision, creating a wine that reflects both the diversity of Napa and the unity of a master’s touch.

Aged twenty-two months in fine French oak, the 2021 Reserve reveals both pedigree and purpose. The texture is silken yet structured, the finish long and deliberate. Vivier’s craftsmanship ensures it will age with poise, deepening in nuance and complexity over time. For collectors seeking the intersection of authenticity, longevity, and value, few Cabernets express Napa’s modern elegance as confidently as this one.

Grand Napa
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2021
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“Winemaker Stéphane Vivier matures this Cabernet in 50% new French oak for 22 months. Fragrant dusty earth minerals, cranberry fruit laced with cinnamon spices, and hints of dried rosemary and sage. Medium-bodied with gentle tannins that glide to a spicy finish with blood orange acidity and hints of clove and cassis.”

92 Points

2022 Slingshot Cabernet Sauvignon North Coast

October 29, 2025

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Slingshot

Cabernet Sauvignon
North Coast 2022

In a world where many Cabernets chase power and weight, Slingshot chooses clarity and freshness. It’s a wine built on transparency and precision, crafted from the finest corners of the North Coast and polished just enough to let the fruit shine. With sleek tannins, cool vibrancy, and effortless confidence, it proves that approachability and depth aren’t opposites, but partners in refinement.

That clarity begins in the vineyard. Sourced from select sites across Mendocino and Lake Counties, the 2022 vintage captures the full character of the North Coast’s landscape. Each parcel contributes a distinct voice: structure from Mendocino’s ancient riverbeds, freshness from Lake County’s volcanic ash. Together, they shape a Cabernet that’s expressive, finely textured, and alive with energy.

The 2022 Slingshot feels effortlessly composed. A Cabernet that doesn’t shout its origins; it reveals them gradually, with quiet precision and modern grace. For those who crave the purity of California fruit without the excess, this wine lands exactly where craftsmanship and authenticity meet.

Slingshot
Cabernet Sauvignon
North Coast 2022
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“The Slingshot 2022 North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon has a bright nose of cranberries, red currants, and cherries, with spicy notes of cedar, sage, and sweet tobacco. On the palate, the wine is vibrant and finely structured with flavors of black raspberries, red currants, and white pepper. The wine is a pure, lifted expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, emphasizing its cool-climate origin.”

94 Points

2018 Leto Exceptional Selection Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena

October 27, 2025

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Leto

Exceptional Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon
Saint Helena 2018

Some of Napa’s most extraordinary wines are born far from the spotlight. The 2018 Leto Exceptional Selection Cabernet Sauvignon comes from a small, unassuming vineyard on Pratt Avenue in St. Helena, where half-century-old vines yield fruit of remarkable depth. This is not a wine made for acclaim, but for integrity: a deeply personal statement from a veteran winemaker who understands that restraint, time, and patience reveal more than ambition ever could.

From these weathered vines comes fruit that speaks in fine detail rather than volume. The 2018 vintage captures St. Helena’s subtle contrasts of warm valley-floor ripeness layered over cool evening structure. Twenty-one months in French oak added definition, not disguise. It’s a Cabernet that feels sculpted by nature, not built by human hands.

After years of quiet rest, the 2018 Exceptional Selection feels perfectly composed, its elements aligned. The fruit hums with energy, the tannins have softened into velvet, and the finish stretches on with calm assurance. It’s a rare opportunity to experience a wine not just at its peak but in its prime.

Leto
Exceptional Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon
Saint Helena 2018
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“The Leto 2018 Exceptional Selection Cabernet Sauvignon shines with opulence and elegance, beginning with aromas of blooming lavender, blackberries, plums, dark chocolate, cloves, cedar, and sage. On the palate, the wine has concentrated flavors with depth and length, ranging from fresh black fruits, flourless dark chocolate cake, savory notes, allspice, and graphite. The finish is long and seamless, and the wine is stunning at the present moment and shows indications of a wine capable of extended aging in the cellar.”

97 Points

2023 James Joseph Kathryn’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

October 22, 2025

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James Joseph

Kathryn’s Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2023

In a valley steeped in prestige, few producers have carved a legacy as quietly compelling as James Joseph. For more than twenty years, these Cabernet Sauvignons have spoken not in thunderous declarations but in eloquent whispers of terroir and time, each vintage an exploration of Napa’s most prized vineyard sites. The 2023 Kathryn’s Reserve continues that lineage with striking brilliance, embodying the belief that true greatness lies in balance.

With Kathryn’s Reserve, winemaker Grant Long Jr. channels decades of experience and a deep understanding of Napa’s patchwork terroirs into a wine that feels both timeless and immediate. The 2023 vintage speaks with uncommon clarity, revealing the kind of precision and purity that only emerge when everything aligns: ideal weather, mature vines, and a winemaker attuned to the rhythms of the season.

James Joseph reveals a Cabernet Sauvignon that captures the grandeur of Napa without the imposing price tag that often accompanies it. It’s a wine that overdelivers in every dimension: sourcing, craftsmanship, aging potential, and sheer drinking pleasure. In doing so, it redefines what value can mean, and it’s the bottle most will wish they had bought more of when they had the chance.

James Joseph
Kathryn’s Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2023

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“The James Joseph 2023″ Kathryn’s Reserve” Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon opens with a structured aromatic profile of blackcurrants, blackberries, and plum, complemented with notes of violets, graphite, and cedar. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and supple, with flavors of dark fruits, hints of mocha, cassis, and sweet tobacco. The wine has fine-grained tannins and balanced acidity with a long, refined, impressive persistence and finish. The wine has a youthful approachability, but will definitely age well in the cellar due to the near-perfect conditions for the 2023 vintage in Napa Valley.”

95 Points

2022 White Lane Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena

October 20, 2025

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White Lane

Cabernet Sauvignon
St. Helena 2022

Some wines feel destined from the start, their stories already written in the soil long before a single grape is harvested. The 2022 White Lane is one of those rare discoveries. A wine born from a hidden pocket of Napa Valley, where vines quietly thrive along a secluded lane near V. Sattui. Once a closely guarded secret, shared only among those who knew where to look, this singular bottling now emerges for an audience small enough to count on one hand: just 72 cases made.

At its core, White Lane captures everything that defines St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon at its most expressive. It’s a pure, unblended statement of variety and place. Power and precision are held in perfect tension, with vibrant fruit and lifted freshness underscoring its depth.

Thirty-one months of aging in oak have shaped the wine with patience and restraint. The result is a Cabernet of remarkable finesse. It is both commanding and composed. White Lane is the embodiment of why many of us fall in love with Napa Cabernet in the first place. Not for its power alone, but for the rare and unforgettable beauty that lies beneath.

White Lane
Cabernet Sauvignon
St. Helena 2022
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“The 2022 White Lane St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon offers a focused nose of briary mountain blackberries, black currants, crushed stone, French lavender, and freshly turned moist earth. On the palate, it’s full and powerful, slightly riper than the 2021, with dense, compact black berry fruit and a fresh finish. A thread of liquid saline complexity adds depth, complemented by a subtle oak hint. The tannins are smooth and supple, making it approachable now, yet structured for aging over a decade. Balanced and precise, it’s a strong expression of St. Helena terroir.”

95 Points

2022 Teeter-Totter Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

October 15, 2025

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