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.”

2018 Calcu Fotem Cabernet Sauvignon Valle De Colchagua Chile

2018 Calcu Fotem Cabernet Sauvignon Valle De Colchagua Chile

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CALCU FOTEM 

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
VALLE DE COLCHAGUA
CHILE 2018

2018 Calcu Fotem Cabernet Sauvignon Valle De Colchagua Chile

Hurtado family founded Calcu in 2003 in Marchigüe, Chile, located about 85 miles south of Santiago and 16 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Marchigüe’s prized terroir, composed of granite stone soils with clay deposits, produces powerful berries with a potent sense of place. Calcu’s vineyard team honors and respects this superior microclimate by sustainably farming the land and incorporating diversity with native plants and wildlife.

Calcu’s Fotem captures the regional terroir and personality of Cabernet Sauvignon grown in the Colchagua Valley’s most coastal terroir. 

This inaugural release highlights the granitic, clay soils and cool sea breeze influences that define this maritime region and delivers Cabernet with lively acidity, vibrant fruit, and spice with persistence and depth.

CALCU FOTEM 
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
VALLE DE COLCHAGUA
CHILE 2018
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“The granitic soils in Marchigue tend to produce extremely tannic wines, and although we have nothing agains that (it’s nothing that the right food or some time in the cellar can’t fix), in this case, we’re surprised that a cabernet, a variety rich in tannins, shows such softness in its texture. According to winemaker Rodrigo Romero, the key lies in the quality of the grapes, which are harvested early with firmer skins that don’t give up their tannins as easily during fermentation. That, in addition to delicate extraction, makes this a silky cabernet full of red fruits with spicy and herbal tones and offering delicious varietal clarity. It’s elegant and subtle, a cabernet that’s sophisticated like few others in Colchauga.”

95 Points

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

2018 Edict Pinot Noir Reserve Russian River Valley

2018 Edict Pinot Noir Reserve Russian River Valley

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EDICT.

PINOT NOIR
RESERVE 2018
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY

2018 Edict Pinot Noir Reserve Russian River Valley

Edict’s commitment to winemaking excellence and guiding principles influence every choice made throughout the winemaking process, from the vineyard to the cellar. Drawing upon three decades of expertise, Edict’s Vineyard Manager holds strong alliances with top growers in Sonoma and Napa Valley and meticulously chooses the most varietally expressive fruit for their wines.

2018 was an outstanding vintage in the Russian River Valley, where ideal weather allowed grapes to ripen slowly and evenly, resulting in excellent fruit quality. 

This 2018 Reserve Pinot Noir possesses elegance and finesse with great purity, making this wine a standout expression of this fantastic vintage, ready to drink now but can age further if desired.

EDICT.
PINOT NOIR
RESERVE 2018
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY
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“The 2018 Edict Reserve Russian River Valley Pinot Noir begins with a bright nose of red cherries, cola bean, dried mushrooms, iron, and lavender. It continues on the palate with distinct cherry cola, cranberries, red plums, and baking spices wrapped in soft tannins. The smooth, supple, seamless palate carries to a moderately long, elegant finish.”

92 Points

2020 Erikson And Caradin Cabernet Sauvignon Bilateral Napa Valley

2020 Erikson And Caradin Cabernet Sauvignon Bilateral Oakville Napa Valley

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ERIKSON & CARADIN 

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
BILATERAL 2020
OAKVILLE, NAPA VALLEY

2020 Erikson And Caradin Cabernet Sauvignon Bilateral Napa Valley

Erikson & Caradin is a small, innovative winery in Napa Valley that is committed to producing fine wines with a handcrafted approach. The proprietors believe that soil, elevation, and climate play crucial roles in winemaking but that expertise and ambition can take wine to the next level.

The winery’s Innovative Series explores different vine training methods, and the “Bilateral” wine celebrates bilaterally-trained Cabernet Sauvignon vines grown in Oakville. The fruit for the 2020 vintage came from a vineyard across from Screaming Eagle, one of Napa’s most renowned wineries. The bilateral viticultural practices used in this vineyard resulted in grapes with great intensity and concentration, which is reflected in the finished wine.

The 2020 Bilateral Cabernet Sauvignon is a powerful and complex wine with intense flavors and a balanced structure that will surely please Cabernet Sauvignon lovers.

ERIKSON & CARADIN 
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
BILATERAL 2020
OAKVILLE, NAPA VALLEY

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“The Erikson & Caradin 2020 Bilateral Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon has fragrant aromas of blueberry pie, black currants, elegant florals, fresh sage, and milk chocolate. The palate continues with ripe blackberries, black plums, Bing cherries, mocha, hints of allspice, and a touch of sweet vanilla. The seamless, lingering palate is very supple, with satiny tannins and a long, refined finish.”

95+ Points