“Who is Sarah Francis? It’s about time we all found out.” – Robert Parker, 2015

By now a lot you already know who she is.

We have 10, yep, you read that right, TEN of her stunners up for grabs today!

A vertical of Beckstoffer Georges III from 2017 through 2022. And another vertical, Sage Ridge from 2017 to 2019. Plus, The Cowboy and some of her Faith’s Cuvée Blanc de Noirs bubbly.

The Cabs are the lowest we have ever seen, or will see them, from $300 down to $89. That’s a full 70% OFF. Gulp. Now back to bad news, THESE WILL GO FAST as they are the final bottles in her library, and the word on the street is that they are sadly pulling the plug on this project. Getting teary eyed…

Just 7 years in and it is so GORGEOUS! This elegant, classy, full bodied stunner competes with and surpasses many of the very best out there and at our price it’s in a league of its own.

Wine Spectator scored the overall 2019 Napa vintage 96 Points, calling it “concentrated berries delivering dense yet pure fruit flavors.”

Vinous landed with 96 as well, noting the 2019s turned out “a very high-quality vintage of Cabernets”

Wine Advocate ranked the vintage with a 96 as well giving them an “Extraordinary”

Ok so …Where were we?

You’ve seen hype, but just to give you a little more context… about where it is from: Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard is FAMOUS. It sits on the prestigious eastern edge of Rutherford, right next door to Caymus Winery, on 300 historic acres first planted back in 1895. This was Beaulieu Vineyard No. 3, the very site that once produced BV’s Georges de Latour Private Reserve. It’s one of only six vineyards in Beckstoffer’s exclusive Heritage Vineyard program, a very small, exclusive club of wineries that get this fruit!

Guess her connection with Andy Beckstoffer when she started out was indeed fruitful. 🍇😊 He only sells fruit from this site to select vintners. This vineyard gets big scores from high-end critics when made by a who’s who of vintners like Schrader, Realm, Myriad, Williams Selyem.

Normally available only directly from Sarah via allocation, or perhaps from a small list of restaurants like Cole’s Chop House in Napa or Evangeline in Calistoga. Production clocks in at a minuscule 75 cases or so - every bottle is even hand-numbered by Sarah herself.

Which means we have far less than the normal offer to go around…

Tasting notes for this wine are at the bottom..BUT we wanted to give you a bio on this super EXCLUSIVE CULTY wine!

Sarah was born in Texas, and at a young age she felt the pull of the grapevines in her grandmother’s garden. In 2008 she sold her house, cashed out her retirement, and left her job at Johnson & Johnson to go all in on a move to the Bay Area.

Her persistence paid off. She connected with Andy Beckstoffer, who refused to sell her a barrel of To Kalon juice at first. She persisted, though, and eventually won him over after agreeing to make a Burgundian Chardonnay from the Carneros Lake Vineyard. Turns out he is a good person to know, and that connection led to many others!

In just five years she went from having no grapes, no label, and no actual wine to earning a perfect 100 points for the inaugural vintage of this same Cabernet from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. He praised its “100-point aromatics” and the “stunning, intense fruit and richness.”

By taste alone, 2019 seems positioned to come close to that same 100-point mark and we cannot imagine it earning anything less than 96-99 points.

Fermentation takes place entirely in the barrel. After hand destemming the fruit is put in the barrel with tops removed and punched as needed. The barrels rest on oxo rollers where they’re spun three times a day to ensure even exposure to the oak and skin contact. After, the juice is racked back into barrels for malolactic fermentation and continued aging for as long as it takes - up to 30 months in some vintages.

Deep garnet-purple in the glass, this one opens with a lush wave of cassis and blackberry preserves, laced with kirsch and a touch of Black Forest cake richness. Give it a swirl and lavender, wild thyme, and tilled earth start to show underneath. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is solidly built, with firm, fine-grained tannins wrapped in real freshness rather than grip, more velvet than vice. A buried ‘Rutherford Dust’ note threads through the back half, grounding all that ripe fruit, and the finish lingers long, mineral-tinged. Polished, generous, and already drinking nicely.

Dollar for dollar these can’t be beat. Store Takeover is for today ONLY. So beat the clock and snag all you can, while you can.