We can’t promise many other LIBRARY RELEASE 97-99 pointers under $60 with ritzy winemaking behind them in the coming months. Or years. And if you love all manner of big, rock & roller, coat your molars, shirt staining, no constraining style Cabernet, this one’s for you. Even with 100% new oak thrown on it, the intensity of the fruit just soaks it all up to attain sublime submission, a miraculous feat only witnessed in Cabs grown way above the fog line.

Julian Gonzalez crafted this blockbuster. He’s the one who led all consulting programs under the legendary Paul Hobb$ 🤑 since 2007. So, you know it has all the trademarks of a high-end Cabernet - fitted with structure, density, polish, and complexity that rivals a Unified Engineering class at MIT. This is to say, it’s not at all a shy wine, and it explodes from the glass like a genie from the lamp and fills the room with untamed aromatics of exotic woods and flowers.

Showing a nice balance between Old World style and flashy modern Napa Cabernet - dark black and blue fruit rises up, with tobacco and tar, and a fascinating minerality all wrapped in a robe of expensive new French oak. Definitely give this one some time to breathe before you pour a glass, or let it rest for a few years - it can go the distance.

What else can we be said? Other than please move quickly. Cabernet never lasts long around here with these kinds of accolades, and there are but a few cases of this one to go around!

99 Points – Somm Journal

“Perfumed with night-blooming jasmine, sandalwood, and blackberry, this youthful red shows exciting potential for age worthiness. A bouquet of heather, violets, and lilacs is invigorated by minerality from the red-rock volcanic soil and a dusty mouthfeel. This elegant wine shows the intensity of mountain fruit without the overbearing density of Old World acidity and “Old Napa” structure come into play. Dark Chocolate melts, leaving a coating of the teeth.”