“Fortune and glory kid, fortune and glory…”

Was Indiana Jones talking about the lost Shankara stones or THIS - a rarely seen Oakville Cabernet under $50?

Single vineyard OAKVILLE at this price? It’s rumored to exist, and here it is before your eyes.

Hailing from the fabled site of Napa Valley’s best producers, where the floor price of Cab starts around $75, and the ceiling stretches to the limits of your imagination (and often way beyond) comes this little discovery. The winemaker is up-and-coming Miguel Caratachea of Punch Vineyards and Bougetz Cellars, with earlier stints at Frogs Leap and Stonegate. A virtually unknown little project that seems to have all the stuffing of the usual $150+ Cabs from its surroundings. Think Cardinale, Silver Oak or Far Niente but for a FRACTION of the price.

As Wine Enthusiast attests “In the heart of the Napa Valley, Oakville is the go-to address for California Cabernet Sauvignon, where the top producers of luxury wines tend their vines. It’s home to giants like Harlan Estate, Far Niente, Dalla Valle, Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Groth, Rudd, PlumpJack Winery and Screaming Eagle, to name a mighty few. Famous vineyard sites are no less epic, from To Kalon to Martha’s Vineyard, Vine Hill Ranch, Oakville Ranch, Bonny’s Vineyard and Money Road Ranch. The grapes from the appellation cost an average of $10,000 per ton.”

This serves up a fastball straight down the middle, with all the regular trimmings of a high-end Napa Cab. Chocked full of black fruit - delectable blackberry jam, black currants, and warm cassis. A razzle dazzle of Chinese five spice, dusty chocolate covered cherries, sweet vanilla creme, and toasty oak circle around the core of fruit. Round, expansive, and mouth filling, it carries into a long finish. This proves you can still find a good Oakville deal if you search long and hard enough. Or keep an eye on your favorite Wine hunting Spies!

Why pay $100, $200, or more when you can get this bad mamma jamma for WAY less?

Fortune and glory are yours today - if you’re quick enough…