Second Pour: “Goes down far too easily.” – Decanter

YUP! With a hot-off-the-press 93 score, we have to brag that we were right!

This wildly tasty Santa Clara red from Twice Tyger blew our minds last Spring and now Decanter is in on this discovery. At 60% off, this $22 Cab blend eats up the competition and leaves not a trace of scraps behind. Simply delicious stuff that drinks way, WAY above our price point.

Based on our tasting of this spicy, bold, succulent, and flavor-packed red blend, we’re going to call it now and predict that those visitors will start including in-the-know wine buffs with a penchant for experiencing something different and new. And when we say new, we also mean it - Twice Tyger is so new that their tasting room pavilion won’t even be open until 2026.

Let’s not confuse new with inexperienced, though. Rataul has spared no expense with Twice Tyger, and he’s tapped Bobby Graviano for winemaking duties. Graviano is the kind of sleeper pick that somehow makes it to the fifth round of the draft but could easily wind up in the Hall of Fame someday. Formerly with 11th-generation Central Coast star Nicholson Vineyards, Graviano really earned a name by earning accolades for crafting Bargetto wines in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

When former medical devices entrepreneur Billoo Rataul picked this spot on the west side of Morgan Hill in the Santa Clara Valley. Minimal to kick off his low-intervention, regeneratively farmed estate, he picked a wild spot, indeed. While technically located not too far from the Bay Area, their hillside vineyards are most certainly remote. Twice Tyger describes their most frequent visitors as “deer, hawks, coyotes, and the occasional mountain lion.” I’m sure he’s not lion! 😁

At our price, this is the perfect opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an up-and-coming, small-production outfit that’s poised to pounce on the fine wine world!

93 Points – Decanter (to be published in August) “From the 30-acre Twice Tyger Estate in Santa Clara Valley, this blend of 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Cabernet Franc, and 30% Petite Sirah was crafted by Bobby Graviano and aged for 20 months in 20% new French oak. And it goes down far too easily. Medium to full-bodied, with plump, supple tannins forming the foundation, this dark-berry-fruited red reveals sweet spices, dark chocolaty nuances, rich cassis, and a streak of ironstone minerality that builds freshness and length into this balanced sipper.”