2021 Barnett Vineyards Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards Napa Valley

2021 Barnett Vineyards Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards Napa Valley

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BARNETT VINEYARDS

CHARDONNAY 2021
SANGIACOMO VINEYARD
CARNEROS, NAPA VALLEY

2021 Barnett Vineyards Chardonnay Sangiacomo Vineyards Napa Valley

Hal and Fiona Barnett founded Barnett Vineyards in 1983, producing varietally pure, polished, and powerful wines stemming from their commitment to sustainable practices with minimal intervention in the winemaking process. For over three decades, they’ve sourced their Chardonnay from the legendary Sangiacomo Vineyard in Carneros, earning access to some of the vineyards’ best blocks, including El Novillero, Vella, and Catarina.

The progress of barrel fermentation and later malolactic fermentation are routinely monitored by the winemaking team, sampling wine from each barrel to maintain the desired balance in the wine, resulting in a beautifully polished Chardonnay. 

The 2021 release is a testament to the team’s deep understanding of Sangiacomo terroir and the fruit, revealing a remarkable equilibrium of flavors. All this set against the backdrop of an exceptional vintage, this Chardonnay is a joy to behold.

BARNETT VINEYARDS
CHARDONNAY 2021
SANGIACOMO VINEYARD
CARNEROS, NAPA VALLEY

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“Barnett Vineyards 2021 Sangiacomo Vineyard Chardonnay opens with notes of honeysuckle and peach blossoms, melted caramel, pear, pineapple, apple strudle, and a wet stone minerality. On the palate, the wine has flavors of sweet spices, waffle cone, pear, golden apple, and fresh bread dough. The wine has a delicate balance of flavor intensity and acidity that creates a long, elegant finish.”

95 Points

2016 Chateua Lavillotte Saint-Estephie Bordeaux

2016 Chateau Lavillotte Saint-Estephie Bordeaux

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CHÂTEAU LAVILLOTTE

SAINT-ESTÈPHE
BORDEAUX 2016

2016 Chateua Lavillotte Saint-Estephie Bordeaux

Château Lavillotte lies on just under 30 acres of prime vineyard land in the Saint-Estèphe region at the northern end of the Médoc on Bordeaux’s left bank. Characterized by a mix of gravel, clay, and limestone soils that contribute to the complexity of the wines, the region’s terroir is particularly well-suited to growing Cabernet Sauvignon.

Emerging from one of the best vintages in Bordeaux, the favorable 2016 weather brought forth fruit with a remarkable balance of flavor, concentration, deep color, and vibrant acidity. 

Château Lavillotte’s 2016 release is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon softened with 30% Merlot, aged 14 months in oak, and is powerfully elegant and will continue to age eloquently for several more years.

CHÂTEAU LAVILLOTTE
SAINT-ESTÈPHE
BORDEAUX 2016

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“The Château Lavillotte 2016 Saint-Estèphe opens with plush notes of plum, black currant, saffron, mushroom, earth, and wet stones. On the palate, the wine has a dense concentration and flavors of black cherry, cassis, black olive, cinnamon, and espresso bean. The persistent, lasting finish cascades from one flavor to the next, with fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity.” 

95 Points

2019 Patz & Hall Chardonnay Dutton Ranch Vineyard

2019 Patz & Hall Chardonnay Dutton Ranch Vineyard

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PATZ & HALL

CHARDONNAY 2019
DUTTON RANCH VINEYARD

2019 Patz & Hall Chardonnay Dutton Ranch Vineyard

Donald Patz and James Hall worked together at Flora Springs Winery before their shared passion for crafting terroir-driven wines led them to join forces and create Patz & Hall. The winery was founded in 1988 by Donald and Heather Patz, James Hall, and Anne Moses and is considered among California’s top Chardonnay and Pinot Noir producers, consistently crafting exceptional wines from renowned vineyards.

The Dutton Ranch Vineyard boasts some of the oldest Chardonnay vines in western Sonoma County, farmed with partial dry farming, resulting in intensely concentrated berries that contribute to the exceptional quality of the wines. Patz & Hall has a strong partnership with the Dutton family, ensuring only the finest fruit is selected, and the 2019 release is unwavering, delivering exceptional quality and distinctive character.

PATZ & HALL
CHARDONNAY 2019
DUTTON RANCH VINEYARD
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“The 2019 Chardonnay Dutton Ranch is fresh with candied lemon, tarragon, and delicate smokiness. The palate is dry, with green apple, beeswax, and a chalky mineral texture with fantastic energetic lift. Drink over the next 8-10 years.”

95 Points

2021 Saddleback Old Vine Zinfandel Calistoga

2021 Saddleback Old Vine Zinfandel Calistoga

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SADDLEBACK

OLD VINE ZINFANDEL 
CALISTOGA 2021

2021 Saddleback Old Vine Zinfandel Calistoga

Nils Venge established Saddleback Cellars in 1982 before becoming the first American winemaker to achieve a perfect 100-point score from Robert Parker for the Groth 1985 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. This accomplishment solidified a benchmark of excellence in winemaking in Napa Valley, and 40 years later, Nils’ wines continue to be justly rewarded with 90+ Point reviews from numerous critics.

Saddleback Cellars sits on 14 acres on Money Road in the Oakville AVA, also home to prestigious names like Harlan Estate, Opus One, and Screaming Eagle. 

Nils sources his Zinfandel from old vines in Calistoga that give this fruit intense concentration, lively energy, and depth while maintaining Nils’ award-winning house style.

SADDLEBACK
OLD VINE ZINFANDEL 
CALISTOGA 2021
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“The Saddleback 2021 Zinfandel comes from old vines in Calistoga and gives deep aromas of cloves, cinnamon, plum, peach, preserves, and milk chocolate. On the palate, the wine has intense flavors of raspberry, bing cherry, blueberry muffins, and sweet baking spices. The wine has a mouth-coating, velvety texture with an enduring finish.”

94 Points

2020 Dolum Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Cask #3 Oakville Napa Valley

2020 Dolum Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Cask #3 Oakville Napa Valley

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DOLUM ESTATES

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CASK #3 OAKVILLE
NAPA VALLEY 2020

2020 Dolum Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Cask #3 Oakville Napa Valley

Dedicated to crafting wines of distinctive character that encompass elegance while effectively reflecting their terroir, Dolum Estate founders enlisted the expertise of winemaker Chad Alexander. Chad’s expertise in soil science and prior experience at renowned wineries, including Hess Collection and Robert Craig, have achieved their objective, resulting in wines with rich, well-balanced flavors and a sense of refinement.

Dolum Estates sources fruit from carefully chosen sub-districts scattered across Napa Valley, and this highly selective approach results in exceptional wines.

The 2020 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Cask #3 is supple and rich, coming in at 96% Cabernet Sauvignon with 4% Merlot to slightly soften and round out the mid-palate, which ends with an everlasting finish.

DOLUM ESTATES
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
CASK #3 OAKVILLE
NAPA VALLEY 2020
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“Attractive aromas of blackcurrants and brambleberries with toasted cedar, anisette, cinnamon and tobacco leaf. Ripe and mellow on the palate with a full body and an array of plush, finely polished tannins. Complex and refined with a succulent, bittersweet, dark-fruited finish. Better after 2026.”

95 Points

2021 Haute Montagne Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

2021 Haute Montagne Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

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HAUTE MONTAGNE

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NAPA VALLEY 2021

2021 Haute Montagne Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Emerging from an incredible Estate vineyard above Lake Hennessy that sells its Cabernet Sauvignon for upwards of $300 per bottle, Haute Montagne is a wine for those in the know who enjoy Napa Valley’s upper-echelon Cabernets but also love a great value.

The wine is made by Douglas Danielak, whom you might recognize from making Pont Neuf and Knights Bridge. Doug completed the Winemaking Program at the Lycée Agricole et Viticole de Beaune in Burgundy, France, before earning a degree in Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis. For over two decades, he has dedicated his craft to making exceptional wines in Napa Valley.

This small production of 375 cases of mountain-grown Cabernet Sauvignon speaks of balance and structure with fine tannins and refreshing acidity with complex, intricate flavors.

HAUTE MONTAGNE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
NAPA VALLEY 2021

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“The Haute Montagne Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 begins with an elegant nose of red and black fruits, cocoa powder, white flowers, and baking spices. The complex palate continues with concentrated blackberries, juicy black cherries, red currants, Italian black plums, liquid minerals, dark chocolate-covered espresso beans, and sweet vanilla. It’s made in a concentrated, compact style with firm, focused tannins and a long, sophisticated finish. Enjoy this one now and over the next decade or more.”

94 Points

2018 Sosie Red Blend Stagecoach Vineyard Atlas Peak

2018 Sosie Red Blend Stagecoach Vineyard Atlas Peak

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SOSIE

RED BLEND 2018
STAGECOACH VINEYARD
ATLAS PEAK

2018 Sosie Red Blend Stagecoach Vineyard Atlas Peak

Sosie’s wines are sourced from celebrated vineyards in Sonoma and Napa Valley, chosen for exceptional farming practices that ensure perfectly ripened, well-balanced fruit, leading to minimal intervention in the winery. The winery focuses on blends, exploring various barrels, vineyards, appellations, and varietals, creating food-friendly wines with impeccable balance.

Perched at the top of Atlas Peak, the renowned Stagecoach Vineyard was planted in 1991 after a water witch discovered a viable water source. Today, the vineyard is prized for its volcanic soils, rocky terrain, and high elevation. 

This red blend from the superb 2018 vintage combines 56% Cabernet Franc and 43% Cabernet Sauvignon with Petit Verdot, fermented with native yeasts and matured 21 months in French oak, enhancing the purity and complexity of the finished wine.

SOSIE
RED BLEND 2018
STAGECOACH VINEYARD
ATLAS PEAK
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“The Sosie 2018 Stagecoach Vineyard Blocks K1 & K4 Red Blend begins with notes of violet, cassis, blackberry, clove, a hint of black pepper, and volcanic minerality. On the palate, the wine has firm, silky tannins and flavors of black plum, black currant, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and orange zest. This wine has well-structured elegance, and coats the mouth offering a delightful finish.”

93 Points

2019 The Mascot Proprietary Red Napa Valley

2019 The Mascot Proprietary Red Napa Valley

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THE MASCOT

PROPRIETARY RED
NAPA VALLEY 2019

2019 The Mascot Proprietary Red Napa Valley

The Mascot shares the hallmarks of Napa Valley’s most elite wines, such as meticulous farming, high-profile winemaking, and pedigreed grapes, offering an introduction to Napa’s most distinguished Cabernet Sauvignons. 

Emerging from distinct hillside vineyards, specifically from the comparatively younger vines of BOND, Harlan Estate, and Promontory, The Mascot lucidly reveals its unrivaled pedigree with each swirl of the glass while offering insight into the vintage and evolution of its parent properties.

While the winery doesn’t specify exact grape varietal percentages in each vintage, The Mascot has historically been 85-95% Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petite Verdot. Crafted in an intensely captivating style that’s gloriously supple, penetrating, and harmoniously balanced, only a few very select retail partners can offer this wine, and we are delighted to be one of them!

THE MASCOT
PROPRIETARY RED
NAPA VALLEY 2019

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“…The wine is beautifully supple with a broadly fanned aromatic spectrum and an effortless depth of fruit. From a center point on the palate, the 2019 vintage undulates outward in all directions. Gentle, velvety swells pause and fold in on themselves, their liquid whorls of refined tannin and gratifying acidity gliding across the surface of smooth curves before retreating gradually to reveal, on the finish, the burnished dimensions beneath.”

2022 Far Niente Chardonnay Napa Valley

2022 Far Niente Chardonnay Napa Valley

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FAR NIENTE

CHARDONNAY 2022
NAPA VALLEY

2022 Far Niente Chardonnay Napa Valley

In 1885, John Benson established Far Niente, a historic winery in Napa Valley that thrived until 1919, when prohibition halted its operations. Six decades later, Gil Nickel acquired and meticulously restored the property, driven by a vision to craft an exemplary Napa Valley Chardonnay with sophistication, balance, and stature. The inaugural bottling of Far Niente estate Chardonnay was released in 1979 and has been a winery namesake for over 40 years.

The 2022 vintage is a superlative blend of Napa Valley vineyards in Coombsville, an area boasting a climate akin to Carneros but with less wind and well-drained gravelly loam and volcanic ash soils. 

To uphold the winery’s celebrated house style, malolactic fermentation is avoided to preserve crisp acidity, and this vintage was matured in French oak to emphasize the premium fruit quality.

FAR NIENTE
CHARDONNAY 2022
NAPA VALLEY
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“The 2022 Far Niente Chardonnay is richly aromatic with bright notes of citrus, melon, and pear. These same enchanting notes continue onto the palate with a silky entry that slowly builds to a long finish with lingering citrus. Crisp minerality and juicy acidity lift and support the generous fruit and provide the framework for graceful aging.”

2021 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze Napa Valley

2021 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze Napa Valley

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CARTER CELLARS

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
THE HAZE 2021
NAPA VALLEY

2021 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze Napa Valley

Carter Cellars, a creation born out of Mark Carter’s historic Carter House hotel and his Wine Spectator’s Grand Award-winning wine list, has become synonymous with excellence. Mark’s unwavering dedication to producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignons from Napa Valley’s top vineyards has produced more than a dozen perfect 100-point scores and a distinguished reputation for crafting captivating and unforgettable wines of unparalleled quality.

The 2021 vintage is the third release of “The Haze” Cabernet Sauvignon, predominantly sourced from the young vines planted in the Fortuna Vineyard, nestled alongside the renowned Plumpjack and Groth estates on the volcanic Eastern slopes of Oakville. Complemented with intensely flavored grapes from Soda Canyon, winemaker Russell Bevan delivers an ideal combination of concentrated Mountain fruit and lush valley-floor fruit. 

This wine beautifully embodies the winery’s distinctive house style, showcasing ripe fruit, smooth tannins, and remarkable depth that gracefully lingers through a multi-layered, intricate finish.

CARTER CELLARS
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
THE HAZE 2021
NAPA VALLEY

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“The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze, which includes 7% Merlot, is another tiny production release, with only 186 cases made. It has a beautiful nose of ripe, mint-laced blue fruits, leafy tobacco, graphite, and spring flowers. Deep purple-hued, concentrated, medium to full-bodied, and elegant on the palate, it has a good spine of acidity, ripe tannins, and a great finish. The power of the vintage is present, yet it has a pure, pretty, balanced character. It’s a beautiful wine as well as a smoking value from Napa’s 2021 vintage.”

94 Points