Occasionally, a wine lands in your life like a meteor, streaking across the night sky: rare, explosive, and impossible to ignore.

Rare as a meteorite, powerful as a cosmic collision, and guaranteed to make your cellar look like a well-curated museum. All hail… HAILSTONE!!

A Diamond Mountain Cab has entered our atmosphere. You’ll find it challenging to score a $59 bottle from this famed terroir. An above-the-clouds appellation renowned for Lokoya, Diamond Creek, Lerner Project, Checkerboard… etc., powering many $200-300+ Cabernets.

There you are, the winery direct price of $195 melted away as it made its way to a safe landing in our warehouse, losing $136 OFF the OG price.

Back to the stars, let’s talk about Hailstone’s dynamic consulting winemaker duo, Tim Milos and Chad Alexander. You know Tim, a Napa veteran with 25 years under his belt: Opus One, S. Anderson, Cliff Lede, Black Coyote, Banshee, Stewart Cellars, Hidden Ridge, and on, and on. His partner in crime boasts Dolum, Robert Craig, and Hess Collection on his resume, just to name a few.

Chris and Jessica Sazo launched Hailstone in 2012 with a single goal: craft top wines that leave a lasting impression. What started as one-of-a-kind gifts for Chris’ restoration clients in Texas has evolved into a boutique, fiercely curated wine program. Jessica personally customizes every wine club shipment and keeps production tighter than Mercury’s orbit. With no retail distribution and only select restaurant placements, bottles like this appear as fleetingly as shooting stars.

The wine itself delivers everything you want from top-tier mountain Cab: Born from high altitude and sun-drenched hillsides, this balances power and finesse with a vibrant freshness running from start to finish. It arrives rich, dense, and polished, commanding attention with velvety, layered tannins and deep notes of blackcurrant, dark plum, graphite, and forest floor before resolving into a stellar, lingering conclusion.

Tiny production, high-elevation fruit, a presence that instantly elevates a cellar from ‘yum’ to ‘sublime.’

We’ve secured a small stash. Now it’s your turn to take it home.