Stonehenge.

The lost city of Atlantis.

And THIS, our second Enigma Cabernet…

All some of mankind’s most profound achievements and biggest mysteries.

But this one? It’s RIGHT HERE, available for all to see, and touch and TASTE. Or at least anyone who loves powerful, opulent, flashy Napa Cabernet. This is your chance - for the fleeting moment it’s available - to snag the wine equivalent of a rare Shadowless Charizard pokemon card.

Enigma, for those of you who are new here, is Wine Spies’ TOP SECRET in-house label. We’re tapped into a deep source. One who occasionally supplies us with information on elite cult wineries who have a leftover barrel or two that didn’t make it into their top $200+ bottlings. We buy it, bottle it under a strict NDA and then serve it up to you at a wicked deal.

Inspiration comes from the legendary spy craft of the English codebreakers during WWII and the encryption machine they cracked. It even has an interactive label you need to decipher using a special key printed on the cork and a virtual Enigma machine on our drinkenigma.wine website.

If you had our first Howell Mountain Cabernet, you already know how well it lived up the hype.

Now we venture into the heart of Napa’s prime land - OAKVILLE. And we promise, it’s ALL THAT and more.

Man, we wish we could name drop here…but the sources MUST remain shrouded in secrecy.

This actually contains a blend from TWO sources of the most premier, upper echelon, crazy-high-priced labels. 60% comes from a place you’d know as the ultimate cult winery where the wines often fetch $1000 per bottle. In a world of elite Napa wineries, they are literally at the tippy top. The balance of this 100% Cabernet comes from another unrivaled producer more known for their killer Pinot and Syrah. But they also make some fabulous Oakville Cabernet that sells for $120.

That’s already saying too much. We can’t risk excommunication from the industry. But the quality, we can attest, is OFF THE METER.

This is serious juice, inside and out. It starts with the label and packaging. It’s unlike anything out there. First off, it’s BEAUTIFUL! No detail was spared here - laser cut, debossing, embossing, premium textured paper, hot stamp foil, custom dies, heavy glass. An impressive package in every way.

But back to the wine!

A nice package means nothing if the juice doesn’t deliver. It’s still young, a baby really, but busting with voluptuous, opulent fruit in that glycerin-rich texture we love. Crushed black cherries and blueberry cobbler, cassis and red currant, with chocolatey espresso all bubbles to the surface. Roughly 65% new French Oak wraps it in a lovely, sweet vanilla and toasty robe of luxury, and while it teeters into the super-rich style, it isn’t completely over the top. Pretty close though. Super enjoyable now but if you can hold off a few years you’ll be rewarded handsomely.

Not rated, of course, but we think it’s in the 94-95 ballpark. And less than 100 cases exist after we pillaged some for ourselves. Our price sits on the very lowest end of Oakville Cabernet, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance that we probably won’t see again.

Will you be one of the lucky few? Wish there was more to spare!