Anyone who participated in our MEGA BLACK FRIDAY - you know what a steal this is! That’s why it’s back for WIA as our Insane Steal of the Year!!!

To get your hands on a near-two-decade-old Napa Cabernet for under $20?! Absurd! Seriously, the rave reviews from those who have tried the 2008 Firefly keep rolling in!

“I’m glad I purchased two. SOLID.”

“I’m still drinking this wine and it gets better as it breathes. Firefly definitely has depth.”

“It just keeps getting better! Darn delicious!”

“Just had this tonight and it’s fuggin awesome….”

Earlier this year, Anthony Beckman’s 2015 Firefly went down in history as one of our most loved offers. Its many enthusiastic posts pay testament to what an incredible offer the 2015 Firefly was at $25.

But when we leveled up with an even lower price on an even older vintage?! Pandemonium. Utter madness!!! We snagged everything left of this incredible deal to share today… howeva… will it be enough?

Firefly is a small family-run producer, and their winemaker, Anthony Beckman, has experience at Peay, Hudson, and Balletto Vineyards. And, apparently, making a killer Cab that can stand alongside - and probably straight up crush just about ANY of the $100+ examples out there.

NINETEEN DOLLARS people! We loaded up as much as we could for this monster deal. Get in on the action and lock it down.

When I moved to Napa in 2009, the 2007 vintage was getting all the love. 2008 brought lower yields, higher acid, bigger, grippier tannins, and lower alcohol levels. Which, in the short term, made for more rugged, closed, and unapproachable wines. But in the long term, it seems to have fared far better.

In 2018, when Stephen Tanzer of Vinous revisited the vintage, he wrote, “In my extensive tastings of these wines ten years later, the better bottles stood out not only for their concentration but for their harmoniousness—and often for their silky, even chocolatey sweetness, plush middle palates with surprising definition, and smooth, integrated tannins. They are fun to drink today but they have the energy and balance to go on for another decade or more - and possibly much longer than that.”

And after tasting this, we have further proof solidifying that testament. The quality here is, quite simply, off the meter.

Firefly’s “Nicole” bottling has developed wonderfully over the years. With a strong core of fruit present, and fully resolved, soft tannins, plus the acidity to carry it. Dusty plum, spiced cherry, and cassis still play starring roles. But the secondary nuances of graphite, leather, and dried tobacco and gentle baking spices all join the party, like those concentric circles on a target, blossoming from the core of fruit and framing it all in perfect balance.

Remember that Price is Right game, the cliffhanger one? Where you guess the price of something, and for every dollar you’re off, the little yodel hiker guy chugs along until he plummets off the edge?

Everyone, including us, would fail miserably if this offer were on the board. If you love aged Cabs, it just doesn’t get much better than this for the price. No games needed. Everybody wins today!!!