What a doozy we have for you today! Today’s WIA takes the prize for Mountain Cabernet of the Year!

Get ready to meet your new favorite house Cab to bust out when you need to impress the in-laws.

Van Gogh. Louis Armstrong. Frida Kahlo. Kurt Cobain. Some artists are self-taught and don’t need fancy schooling to become legendary.

This describes the mastermind behind today’s wine, Miguel Caratachea! He is a Napa superstar that few people know about. Yet. Consider this an invitation into the “in crowd” sweet Operative!

While he didn’t sweep the floors at Screaming Eagle, he did start at the Frog’s Leap cellar working alongside his dad at the tender age of 14. He has since gone on to work at Stonegate, and Obsidian, while helping craft dozens of 95+ point wines for wineries up and down the valley. Most of the wines he consults for go for upwards of $300 a bottle but you can taste his genius for MUCH less green than that today!

As you can imagine, Caratachea has the inside scoop on where to source the best fruit from. The tiny Caminito Vineyard is situated at an elevation of 1,450 feet in the Spring Mountain District above the fog line which capitalizes on warm days and cool nights. As one of the coolest appellations, Spring Mountain consistently produces elegant and age-worthy wines with depth and complexity.

What Wine Spectator said, Spring Mountain Cabernets like these “have a distinct combination of power and cut. Their ample fruit is typically offset by deeply embedded minerality. These are Cabernets that can really, really age. All these factors are what make mountain Cabernets so special…” and they define the phenomenal 2019 harvest with “small, concentrated berries delivering dense yet pure fruit flavors, wines are ripe and lush yet well-defined: a worthy follow-up to the benchmark 2018 vintage…”

Deep and broody with gorgeous, lush fruit. Blackberry preserves, macerated cherries, cedar, and cigar box play harmoniously with warm spices and bright mint notes. The tannins are fine and ample with a strong backbone that will help it mature well into the next decade. This one is sure to impress any lover of Napa’s great mountain Cabs, at a price as low as a Spring Mountain ever gets.

Seriously. An epic 77% OFF a Spring Mountain single vineyard?! That’s $120 in savings right back into your pocket with every bottle.

Here’s the punchline: you know what happens around here when deals are that deep.