Hold on to your CLASSIFIED hats, ladies and gentlemen!

This one is going to knock you into next week. When it lands on your doorstep claw your way through that box and rip out a bottle and prepare to be AWESTRUCK.

Our first hint: it’s a rare, library release by the King of Cab himself, Russell Bevan.

That’s right, the Sultan of Structure, the Baron of Boldness, the Monarch of Mouthfeel.

With countless 100 Point wines under his belt, Russell Bevan knows his way around Cult Napa Cab! And this gem of a find with almost a decade in the winery cellar down to under $100 today where it’s never been seen before?! With a highly conservative 96 Points?! Bam!

For obvious reasons, these wines can be so good, so scarce, or so exclusive that they must hide behind a closely guarded veil of secrecy. You rarely, if ever, see these bottles at a discount. And because some wineries are very price-sensitive, their mailing list members would go ballistic seeing a deep deal on it.

Unless…

We roll it out über-top-secret, black ops mission style.

Revealing the name would put our livelihood at stake. And we might never get another big hug from our friend, Russell Bevan, again. Our business is built on precious and delicate relationships. Avoiding ruffling any feathers, sometimes, it’s a necessary precaution to redact some of the information.

But we can give you a few clues…. If you need to know anything else, honestly.

As with many of Bevan’s masterpieces, this wine comes from three epic sites almost synonymous with his name. Tench Vineyard is neighbor to none other than Screaming Eagle. And Sugarloaf enjoys extended hang times leading to that show-stopping, ripe, juicy, and soft style that Bevan is known for! The last one we can’t tell, as it’d be a dead giveaway high atop Diamond Mountain. But this is pretty much his flagship project, one which he puts 110% effort and focus into. Not some side gig, or consulting label where these kind of rockstar winemakers so often sign on the line, pass off the majority of work to an assistant, and move along their way.

We weren’t the only ones impressed with the way this beauty danced across our palates with a stunning balance of bold concentration and lithe finesse. Without giving too much away, one major critic praised how it’s “endowed with serious depth, power and structure.” Another blessed it with a glowing review with the points you see, which were from its youth, today think at least a couple higher!

Legend has it that their proprietor said to his partner and winemaker Russell Bevan, as they decided to launch this label, “if I’m going to do this, the one thing we will never do is compromise on quality.”

Before trouble finds us, one final press quote that praises this project righteously, “Prices are high but so is the quality… The easiest way to be sure to get some of these exciting wines is by signing up for the mailing list, as distribution outside of that appears extremely limited.”

Heard that, you lucky Ops?

Oh, did we mention the original $200 down to $95?! Act quickly, as we most likely will sell out of this one fast, and do head over to the Facebook group again and check out the latest posts - to crowdsource, some of you keep getting dangerously close…