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2010 Marston Family Vineyards

(not eligible for discounts)

$175.00

The age-ability for this wine was originally through the roof, 10 years later the wine is starting reach a window that allows for fluid experiences of pleasure as the wine dances with grace & power! Truly a great time capsule experience!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2010 MARSTON FAMILY VINEYARDS

SPRING MOUNTAIN

A beautiful bouquet of black raspberry, rose petal, white pepper, and a distinctive acai black tea front leads to a concentrated mouth of black plum, currant, pomegranate, sweet tobacco, and cassis. The layers of complexity in the mid-palate are enhanced by the young, elegant tannins, delivering a harmonious finish of exceptional length.

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2013 Del Dotto Vineyards PNV Lot

(not eligible for discounts)

$650.00

A Vintage That Continues To Surpass Many Seasons In Time ~ Both Forwards & Backwards!

Inspired by the 100 Point colossal 2013 Beast Cabernet Sauvignon, Del Dotto Vineyards PNV Lot continues to push the barriers of high-end Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ageability.

2013 Del Dotto Vineyards

Oakville, Cabernet Sauvignon

Robert M. Parker, Jr's Thoughts On The 100 Point Beast!

It’s inky bluish/purple showing notes of incense, graphite, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, classic crème de cassis, earth and spice. The wine has enormous body, voluptuous texture and a finish that must last 50+ seconds. This is an amazing effort and by no means a wimpy wine -- This should drink well for 30+ years.

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2013 The Mascot Red Wine

(not eligible for discounts)

$195.00

LIBRARY RELEASE

2013 THE MASCOT

NAPA VALLEY

Intensity & Strength fused with hedonistic aromas of blueberry pie, blackberry compote and roasted coffee beans. The perpetual evolution promised continues to deliver.

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2015 ONDA FROM DANA ESTATES

(not eligible for discounts)

$215.00

2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Onda is a full-bodied, ripe, yet also elegant red that shows the vintage nicely. A Classic effort that gives up lots of blue fruits (blueberries, cassis), lavender, and tobacco notes, has ripe tannins, good concentration, and outstanding length.

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2015 The Mascot Napa Valley

(not eligible for discounts)

$160.00

2015 THE MASCOT

NAPA VALLEY

The Mascot is a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon made from distinct hillside vineyards; specifically the younger vines of BOND, Harlan Estate, and Promontory. It started out as a small project shared among the family, winemaking team, and close friends. Drawing fruit from blocks of recently replanted vineyards, The Mascot shares a glimpse into the evolution of its parent estates: a youthful snapshot of their future.

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2016 Abreu Las Posadas ( 3 Bottle Set )

(not eligible for discounts)

$1,950.00

Galactic scores go hand in hand with the ABREU production of wines. Winemaking style that has been producing greatness consistently coupled with second to none farming practices yield perfection!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

98+ Points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2016 Las Posadas comes from a higher elevation site on Howell Mountain and has an undeniable mountain fruit structure as well as intensity. Stunning notes of pure crème de cassis, hot asphalt, bay leaf, black olives, and a touch of beef blood all emerge from this big, rich, full-bodied powerhouse. It’s loaded with potential, has huge tannins, a mountain of fruit, and a great, great finish. It’s almost impenetrable, though, and needs a solid 7-8 years or more of cellaring.

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2016 Chateau Pontet-Canet

(not eligible for discounts)

$295.00

It's good to know that proprietor Alfred Tesseron & I have more in common than just wine. Moments of laughter and appreciation for what we do as a wine community still mean something to us.

Some Say The 2016 Vintage Is “the second coming of Bordeaux”

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

The Wine Advocate 98+ Points

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Pontet-Canet hits the ground running with a hedonic nose of Black Forest cake, crème de cassis and blueberry pie plus suggestions of candied violets, hoisin, chocolate mint, charcuteries and forest floor with a waft of star anise. Full-bodied, rich, profoundly layered and powerfully fruited, the palate is built like a brick house, with very firm, super ripe, grainy tannins and harmonious freshness, finishing with incredible length and depth. Still incredibly primary and yet already strutting so many layers, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this warrants the three-digit score in a few years' time.

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2016 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$175.00

The Classics Always Transports You To Hedonistic Wine Memories!

Classic Vintage! Classic Producer!

Features solid blackberry and raspberry compote notes mixed with red and black licorice and fruitcake flavors. Youthfully packed now, this offers a well-buried juicy spine and an engaging briary edge on the finish, while the fruit easily keeps pace. Will age majestically. Best from 2021 through 2032.

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2016 Grand Napa Vineyards • Cabernet Sauvignon Heir Apparent Rutherford

(not eligible for discounts)

$100.00

The deep garnet-black colored 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Heir Apparent Rutherford slowly unfurls to reveal notions of tar, scorched earth, dusty soil and iron ore over baked plums, mulberries and cassis with touches of sautéed herbs. Full, firm and richly fruited with ripe, grainy tannins, it finishes long and earthy.

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2016 Harlan Estate Red Wine

(not eligible for discounts)

$1,800.00

The quality of the 2016 Proprietary Red Wine shouldn’t surprise anyone. This estate rarely misses a beat, and in a great vintage like 2016, they’ve made a perfect wine. Sporting a deep purple hue as well as extraordinary notes of crème de cassis, blackcurrants, herbes de Provence, tobacco, graphite, and a who knows what else, this beauty hits the palate with a deep, powerful, full-bodied style that has enough structure to warrant a decade of cellaring. The purity is off the charts, it builds incrementally on the palate, and has a finish that won’t quit. Reminding me a little of the 2013, yet with a touch more elegance, do your best to hide bottles for at least 5-7 years and it’s going to keep for 30-40 years or more.

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2016 HOSSFELD Vineyards Coliseum Block

(not eligible for discounts)

$160.00

Black currant, graphite and an exceptional depth.
The palate is layered with dark fruit, rustic tannins and a
complex richness. Concentrated without being too heavy,
the wine has profound balance and although it is expressive
in its youth, the 2016 Hossfeld Coliseum Block is a wine that
will show more and more integration as it matures. With an
exceptional depth, this wine is a perfect showcase of this
historic vineyard block.

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2016 MACAULEY To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5 Liter Magnum

(not eligible for discounts)

$550.00

Well, we are back and packing Magnums just to get the right wine drinking mood back on track!

A sensational wine every single time we dip back in!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

100 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Its inky purple color is followed by an incredible bouquet of crème de cassis, forest floor, blueberries, huge minerality, full-bodied richness, and an elegant, oh so fine and silky texture that carries masses of fine-grained tannin. It's an utterly sensational 2016 that marries huge richness and power with a sense of elegance, purity, and finesse.

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2016 Mt Brave Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$95.00

(( Recently Tasted ))

A brand that continues to produce quality wines from distinct terroir sites. 2016 Mt. Brave is continuing to age gracefully and is drinking superbly well!

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2016 Mt. BRAVE

Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Mt. Veeder

95 Points The Wine Advocate

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder is composed of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3.5% Merlot, 1.5% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep purple-black, it sings of warm blackberries, cassis and wild blueberries with hints of violets, dark chocolate, cigar box and menthol. Full-bodied and laden with black and blue fruit, it has a firm structure of grainy tannins and wonderful freshness, finishing long.

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2016 Ridge Monte Bello

(not eligible for discounts)

$140.00

A rarely seen wine, the legends seem to be as such. Perhaps those stories that get passed on in casual wine drinking moments have made this California legend as rare as its Napa Valley counterparts.

WE JUST STRUCK GOLD ON THAT RIDGE!

((( 90 1/2 -375ml-Bottles Available )))

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2016 RIDGE

MONTE BELLO

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, and the balance Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello offers a more streamlined, elegant, and ultra-classic style compared to the 2014 and 2015, which are slightly bigger, richer wines. Boasting a deep purple color and beautiful purity in its crème de cassis, blueberry, white flowers, and vanilla bean, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, silky tannins, and perfect balance. It doesn’t have the sheer depth of fruit of some of the blockbuster years, yet makes up for it with its incredible purity, poise, and balance. Relatively approachable for a Monte Bello, it’s still going to see its 30th birthday in fine form.

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2016 Vangone Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$225.00

A V Wine Cellar flash back. As we continue to seek material that pushes to relive the greatness from the past and beyond with new found classics.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2016 VANGONE ESTATE

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

98 Points The Wine Advocate

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is very deep purple-black in color and a little closed on the nose, giving glimpses at notes of blueberry compote, Black Forest cake and crème de cassis with a waft of camphor, pencil lead, cedar chest, black tea and underbrush plus hints of truffles and lavender. The palate is full, rich and super concentrated, with a firm frame of grainy tannins and great freshness, finishing long and mineral laced.

Jeb Dunnuck 96 Points

Gorgeous crème de cassis, white flowers, tobacco leaf, and graphite-laced aromatics, it’s balanced, has ultra-fine tannins, and a great, great finish. This is a killer 2016 that builds with time in the glass, has serious class, and will keep for 20 years or more.

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2017 Behrens Family CEMETERY Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$175.00

A wine that we have a short history with, yet its impression continues to spark more curiosity for sure. Only a handful of producers have access to this highly coveted vineyard's fruit. Our sample bottle was enjoyed in a period of 3 days, based on that amount of research, I give this wine a very HIGH degree of pleasure!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2017 BEHRENS FAMILY

CEMETERY

Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

94 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Ripe black cherries, dusty earth, new leather, violets, and hints of leafy herbs all emerge from the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Cemetery. It's a fleshy, sexy 2017 with terrific tannins, medium to full body, notable purity, and a great finish. This classy, brilliant 2017 can be drunk today or cellared for 15-20 years.

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2017 Dalecio Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon

$0.00

We had the pleasure to sit with Scott Dalecio and got the 1st look at the new 2017 line up of wines. The review below is one of Jeb Dunnuck's best, trust me I put them all to the test and this one is precision in articulation. I would only close with this ~ this wine is fantastic right now and well beyond!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2017 DALECIO FAMILY WINES

Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

95+ Points Jeb Dunnuck

Incorporating 3% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is a powerful, deep, inky wine that offers lots of minerality as well as chocolatey black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, and tobacco aromas and flavors. This rich, masculine styled effort is full-bodied, has a stacked mid-palate, big tannins, and a great finish. This mountain fruit-like red needs 4-5 years of bottle age but will age gracefully.

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2017 EISELE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

(not eligible for discounts)

$600.00

We've been experimenting with the 2017 for 3 days now and the wine is showing the qualities of greatness we have come to expect from the iconic EISELE VINEYARD.

World class wine with everything one desires in a top tier wine experience, clean and beautiful wine.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

97 Points The Wine Advocate

( Lisa P. Brown )

Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep garnet-purple color and is a little sluggish to reveal its fragrant core of plum preserves, crème de cassis, blueberry compote and Morello cherries with accents of stewed Darjeeling tea, underbrush, cloves and tobacco leaf plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, the palate struts it stuff with amazing poise, structured with very fine, ripe tannins and lovely freshness, finishing long and perfumed.

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2017 Evidence Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$90.00

We tasted this wine back in May with Jason Court, we also decided back then before the press came out to showcase his latest bottling in our upcoming QII Cult Club. No Bandwagon~ing Here!

(( Check Out Our Instagram Video With Jason ~ As Always One Shoot One Take ))

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2017 EVIDENCE

MOUNT VEEDER

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

There are a scant 200 cases of the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder, which is 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Malbec, all brought up in 80% new French oak. Harvested all pre-fire, its deep purple/ruby color is followed by a great nose of both red and blue fruits as well as notes of candied orange, violets, bouquet garni, and herbes de Provence. It’s a beauty aromatically and hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. The 2017 Vintage was difficult for the valley, but you’d never know it by tasting this beauty. Enjoy bottles any time over the coming two decades.

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2017 O'Shaughnessy Howell Mountain

(not eligible for discounts)

$105.00

The Classics always deliver!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 O'SHAUGNESSY

Howell Mountain, Cabernet Sauvignon

96 Points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain offers a slightly darker, earthier profile that carries beautiful black and blue fruits, charcoal, bouquet garni, and some obvious minerality as well as a whiff of espresso. It's rich, full-bodied, concentrated, and beautifully done. Drink it over the coming two decades. Based on 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% each of Merlot and Malbec, and the rest a mix of varieties, it spent 21 months in 80% new French oak.

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2017 Patrimony Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

$295.00

( Image Above For OWC Display )

The definition of new and exciting. From what I see, hear & taste the pace for quality and expression of terroir is second to none. Be on the lookout for more excitement from the visionary minds at DAOU Vineyards in the next few years & beyond.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar Wine Lab

2017 DAOU PATRIMONY

Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

99 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Deep purple-colored, the tiny production 2017 Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 30 months in new French. This rocking wine has a huge nose of deep black fruits, new leather, unsmoked tobacco, exotic spices, and chocolate. Full-bodied and stunningly concentrated, with awesome tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and just a gorgeous finish, it's a magical wine and an incredible 2017. Bravo!

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2017 Pulido Walker Panek Vineyard

(not eligible for discounts)

$195.00

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Panek Vineyard has a vibrant deep garnet-purple color and prances out of the glass with vivacious black cherries, wild blueberries and blackcurrants scents plus suggestions of violets, bay leaves, tilled earth and black tea. Medium to full bodied, the palate is tightly knit with firm, grainy tannins and a lively line cutting through the stacked, lively fruit, finishing long with amazing freshness.

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2017 SPOTTSWOODE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

(not eligible for discounts)

$230.00

THE WINE ADVOCATE 97+ POINTS

We have a new sense of appreciation for what Lisa Brown brings to wine reviews, her desire for wine

describes this wine perfectly. A must for any cellar!

2017 SPOTTSWOODE CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Made of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple in color and prances out of the glass with vivacious blackberries, crushed black cherries, warm black currants and red currant jelly scents plus exotic hints of cassia, cardamom, fenugreek and star anise with a waft of underbrush. Medium-bodied, the palate has fantastic energy and beautiful poise, with bags of bright, crunchy black and red fruit plus a firm, fine-grained texture, finishing long and spicy.

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2018 ADDAX Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$135.00

Leave it to Russell Bevan to make the ultimate Mix Master Blend! Josh Peeples & Russell Bevan are behind several wines that will ferociously devour any brands that settle for being complacent!

This brand is dynamic! Fantastic Vintage!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 ADDAX

Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

94+ Points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley showed nicely, with a rich, full-bodied style displaying the vibrant, fresher edge of the vintage. Lots of blue and black fruits, scorched earth, licorice, tobacco, and violet notes give way to a beautifully balanced, vibrant, lively red with outstanding purity, a touch of chalky minerality, and a great finish. Drink now and sense the explosiveness of the vintage!

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2018 ARGOT Sugarloaf Mountain

(not eligible for discounts)

$160.00

The 2018 ARGOT Sugarloaf Mountain is the best to date from winemaker Justin Harmon. The wine is finally showing its old world flare coupled with a Napa Valley power house core of fruit.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 ARGOT Sugarloaf

Napa Valley

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sugarloaf Vineyard displays a rich, darker purple color as well as solid notes of ripe black fruits, dark chocolate, cedarwood, graphite, and leafy herbs and tobacco. It’s nicely balanced, full-bodied, has a wonderful sense of purity, and a great finish. It’s a classic 2018 with it pure, focused, age-worthy style. I’d give bottles 3-5 years of bottle age, and it should evolve for 20+ years or more. It’s impressive and probably the finest version of this cuvée I’ve tasted from the estate, surpassing even the 2015 and 2016.

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2018 Barbour Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$160.00

Perhaps one of the most talented winemaker & vineyard management combinations in the Napa Valley. Celia Welch & Jim Barbour continue to make a world class Cabernet Sauvignon that quietly sells out every year.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

(( Act Quickly As It Will Be Gone Soon ))

2018 Barbour Vineyards

Cabernet Sauvignon

((( Winemaker Celia Welch )))

The 2018 vintage of BARBOUR Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of gooey blackberry pie, sweet cocoa, black currant, and plum. These decadently layered flavor combinations fuse a deep dark core of fruit filled black cherry, black tea, nutmeg, and brown earth on the palate. The tannins are always finely integrated yet chewy and textured. The signature long lavish finish Celia Welch is famous for continues to over deliver in quality.

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2018 Barnett Vineyards Rattlesnake

(not eligible for discounts)

$195.00

2018 BARNETT VINEYARDS

RATTLESNAKE

Definitely a wine that takes you back to a time when the valley was just beginning to envision what "CULT" wines would eventually become. To that I say, welcome back to a true classic that is more than cellar worthy!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

V WINE EXCLUSIVE

The color of the wine is a beautiful dark purple at the core with a crimson rim. Immediate dark chocolate and coffee jump out of the glass, as well as blackcurrant puree and fresh blackberries. Underlying elements of eucalyptus, gravel and pepper spice complement the licorice and nutmeg spice. This is a very lush velvety wine on entry. The dark berry fruit is very pronounced, with other flavors of peppercorn and mocha. The sizeable tannins are in a chalky complex form that are matched by the acidity and demand cellaring. This beautiful and substantial wine will age amazingly over the next several decades!

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2018 Bevan Cellars Ontogeny

(not eligible for discounts)

$95.00

Dangerously Great That Is!

We recently sat down with Mr. Bevan one on one off the record and we are beginning to understand him more. No limits, pedal to the metal moving forward kind of attitude. Fantastic wine!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 BEVAN CELLARS

ONTOGENY

99 Points Jeb Dunnuck

While this cuvée is one of the least expensive in the lineup, it’s often one of my favorites. The 2018 Ontogeny is no exception and should be snatched up by readers. A classic 2018 nose of ripe, pure blue fruits, cassis, violets, and smoked earth gives way to a full-bodied, dense, concentrated Cabernet with beautiful tannins and length. It’s going to evolve for 20 years or more.

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2018 Brilliant Mistake Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$160.00

We are very observant here at the V Wine Lab, I see the passion behind this wine from the Proprietors to The Winemaker. The Poet & The Muse along with Dr. Koschitzky have delivered a 2018 for the ages. The wine has been crafted for pleasure and longevity. It will continue to seduce your sense for passion, today and the hereafter.

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2018 BRILLIANT MISTAKE

96 Points The Wine Advocate

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple in color, rolling reluctantly out of the glass with tar and earthy notes to begin, giving way to compelling notions of baked plums, warm cassis and wild blueberries plus wafts of dried sage and tilled earth. Full-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins supporting the muscular, crunchy black fruits, finishing long and lively.

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2018 Dalla Valle Collina

$115.00

The 2018 Collina is one you can lean on to, today and well into the future! This one takes me back to the first few vintages that left you dumbfound at the quality versus price point. Always a win win!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

94 Points Jeb From Jeb Dunnuck

Always a red blend, the 2018 Collina is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc, and the balance Petit Verdot. This cuvée is always made in a more up-front, fresh, drinkable style compared to the Cabernet Sauvignon and Maya. Rich, mouth-coating currant, dark chocolate, dried herb, and graphite notes all emerge from this beauty, which is full-bodied and has a ripe, sexy texture, great tannins, and just an undeniably delicious style.

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2018 DAOU Patrimony Caves des Lions

(not eligible for discounts)

$285.00

The explosion of interest and innovative forward thinking coming from the Central Coast is personified in everything DAOU Vineyards is producing!

I enjoyed this wine in a period of 4 days, on the fourth day it was at its best, just wished I had more!

This wine is hands down worldclass and from what we've seen, heard and tasted the future vintages are going to continue competing on the wine world stage!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar Wine Lab

2018 DAOU PATRIMONY

CAVES DES LIONS

97-100 Points The Wine Advocate

The 2018 Cave des Lions is composed of about 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc, aging in 100% new French oak. It comes from fruit that grows in front of the Daou family home. Opaque purple-black in color, it has the most singular nose loaded with kaleidoscopic aromas: cigar ash, English breakfast tea, rooibos, hibiscus, iron, crushed stone, blackcurrant jam, blackberry pie, vanilla bean, Morello cherries, chocolate box and cigar box. I’ve never smelled anything like this—it's like staring into a well of archetypal Cabernet Sauvignon. Medium to full-bodied, the satiny palate spreads its glorious flavor wings, with unbelievable melting tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and very layered. This is unreal!

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2018 Debauchee Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$250.00

Well, you know we back up every single wine we promote. Quality, A Seductive Energy & A Zest for life all in one bottle.

(( Secret You May Ask ? ))

Three of Napa Valleys biggest, if not the biggest in the business, have collaborated to produce this wine of superb quality!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 DEBAUCHEE

Cabernet Sauvignon

Dense aromas of blackberries, blueberries, white chocolate, espresso, truffle essence reminiscent of 100 Point wines from the past. The winemakers/vineyard sources involved back this up. A lavish body is coupled with an exhilarating rich textured mouthfeel.

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2018 Dominus Napa Valley

(not eligible for discounts)

$350.00

WINE ARRIVES IN MID MAY! PROVENANCE GUARANTEED!

WE love Dominus here at V, I was fortunate to visit the illusory winery back in December of 2019 and everything I saw, heard and tasted wrapped everything together in a complete package of wine appreciation!

100 Points Yet Again!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

Jeb Dunnuck 100 Points

The flagship 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot brought up in 40% new French oak. With an essence of Cabernet-like character in its darker currants, green tobacco, cedar, graphite, and floral aromas and flavors, this gorgeous wine is full-bodied and has bright yet integrated acidity, polished tannins, and a great, great finish. It’s just gorgeously put together and a magical, flawless wine. It's going to take a decade to hit maturity but will evolve for 40-50 years in cold cellars. It is as good as it gets in classic, age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon!

The Wine Advocate 99+ Points

Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Dominus slowly emerges from the glass with profound notes of blackcurrant cordial, ripe black plums, boysenberries and Black Forest cake with hints of violets, star anise, cracked black pepper, raspberry leaves and pencil lead, plus a touch of garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers impactful black fruit layers, creating a beguiling sense of richness that is beautifully countered by invigorating freshness and great poise, framed by super ripe, plush tannins and beautiful tension, finishing on a lingering fragrant earth note and, finally, lots of mineral sparks. For all that it is at the moment, one cannot help but feel that this 2018 is holding something back. Give it a good five years in bottle, at least, and then get set for what I suspect will be a mind-blowing transformation over the next 30 years+.

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2018 Elyse Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$55.00

As a wine community we all want you the consumer to come back and fall in love with the Napa Valley's Renaissance.

Elyse Winery's future thinking is leading the way by not thinking too much of themselves and simply giving the people the access to quality & value they crave.

This thinking, will help the historic Yountville winery build a new facility real fast!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 ELYSE

Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

With Cabernet fruit spanning three Napa appellations and four vineyards, including our own home estate, comes our second bottling of this wine. A medium bodied dry wine with gorgeous notes of rich black cherry, cola and savory roasted sage sprig. A concentrated mouthfeel gives way to firm, yet elegant tannins that linger long enough to let you know they aint quitters!

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2018 ELYSE TIETJEN Cabernet Sauvignon

$130.00

A wine we tasted with a friend named Joy sometime back in November, as it did then, the wine just created a giant divide between many wines within the price point.

The Bevan style, as expressed by critics....

" Pedal To The Metal....Robert Parker "

" Similar Sentiment....Jeb Dunnuck "

" Whole New Stratosphere In Cabernet Sauvignon...You must try to understand! "

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2018 ELYSE

TIETJEN VINEYARD

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Coming from a site in Rutherford, the dense purple-hued 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Tietjen Vineyard boasts a big, sexy bouquet of jammy blueberries, tobacco leaf, dark chocolate, and graphite. These flow to a full-bodied, powerful Cabernet that brings the fruit and opulence while staying nicely balanced and seamless. This is the finest wine I've tasted from this estate.

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2018 Fait Main Missouri Hopper

(not eligible for discounts)

$180.00

Congratulations to Benoit Touquette on all the great works of wine art he has produced in 2018!

A

V Wine Cellar

1st on the market!

2018 Fait Main

Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper

Intense deep garnet-purple colored layers of depth and flavor! Characterized by classic layers of fresh blueberries, red and black plums and mulberries with hints of underbrush, loam, cedar and cardamom plus a touch of dark chocolate. The core of intensely packed fruit is supported by ripe, fine tannins and vibrancy that leads to and almost endless feeling sensation!

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2018 Ghost Block Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville

$75.00

We've seen this brand evolve into one of the best sub $100 wines being produced in the Napa Valley.

Single vineyard production with a lot of history and quality!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

Very elegant and appealing fruit aromas beam from your glass. This wine has beautiful dark red cherry notes, along with ripe, red berry flavors. Cassis, licorice, and vanilla notes are well integrated into the fruit components. The silky, soft tannins confirm the harmonious balance between alcohol and tannin — creating an overall perfect balance in this wine. The finish is lengthy and it hits every point on your palate, you won’t want to stop sipping on this 2018 Oakville Cabernet.

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2018 INSTITUTION ERBA Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$260.00

We've been patiently awaiting these wines. They are spectacularly mind blowing. We are very happy for our friends at Institution Wines!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018

Erba Vineyard

Cabernet Sauvignon

WINEMAKER’S NOTE

( Russell Bevan )

Combining seven blocks of this rocky mountain side vineyard spread across a 1200 foot change in elevation, this Cabernet Sauvignon quickly reveals its power and focus. Dark chocolate, espresso, and cigar box all support a core of blueberry and black licorice. Aged in 100% new French oak for 22 months, this wine offers amazing texture and mouthfeel that unveil the hedonistic nature of this rugged vineyard site. While this wine has the structure to age for decades, its polished tannins allow for it to be enjoyed in its youth.

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2018 INSTITUTION PROPRIETARY RED WINE

(not eligible for discounts)

$260.00

We've been patiently awaiting these wines. They are spectacularly mind blowing. We are very happy for our friends at Institution Wines!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018

Napa Valley

Proprietary Red Blend

WINEMAKER’S NOTE

( Russell Bevan )

A barrel selection from four vineyard sites, this wine represents our philosophy that at times the sum can be better than the parts. A combination of Erba, Houyi, Tench, and Sugarloaf Mtn. vineyards – this wine seamlessly brings together Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petite Verdot. Aged for 22 months in 100% New French oak, this wine leaps from the glass with notes of black currant, butter brushed pastry crust, and graphite. Full of energy, this wine carries mouthwatering acidity that begs for another sip. Polished and plush, yet dense and packed, this wine’s refined tannins coat the mouth revealing its seductive nature.

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2018 La Pelle Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$180.00

When Maayan Koschitzky comes in and personally describes his craft to us, everything makes sense. We met over a decade ago and since those days he has become more and more precise in delivering wines with tension and focus. This is our 3rd vintage with the LA PELLE RESERVE, get it while you can!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

(( MAYAAN'S TASTING NOTES ))

A harmonious blend from our three single vineyard properties within the Napa Valley. A classic nose of crème de cassis, graphite, licorice, and espresso infusion. The wine is opaque and full-bodied, powerful with depth and texture. Brooding in nature with refined tannins, nuances of sweetness, cherries, ripe plums, and excellent acidity on the palate for a long, lush finish.

The composition is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Aged in 80% new French oak barrels for 21 months. A genuine showcase of a remarkable growing season, creating a wine that is already enjoyable and will age for 20+ years.

97 Points JEB DUNNUCK

The flagship 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve comes from a blend of the Ceniza, Red Hen, and Alluvium vineyards and is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It saw slightly more new oak, spending 21 months in 80% new barrels. A classic Napa Valley nose of crème de cassis, toasted spice, graphite, unsmoked tobacco, and chocolate gives way to a full-bodied 2018 offering gorgeous purity of fruit, ripe, velvety tannins, a great mid-palate, and a finish that keeps you coming back to the glass. This is another magical wine from this estate that has plenty of upfront appeal yet is going to evolve gracefully for two decades or more.

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2018 Leviathan Red Wine

(not eligible for discounts)

$40.00

Definitely as real as it gets when a 94 Point wine comes in at this price. A wine that has always over delivered is back and it reads 2018 Leviathan Red Wine.

Your everyday day drinker is here, and shipping is included.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 LEVIATHAN RED WINE

94 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Always a great value, the 2018 California Red Wine is a Bordeaux blend put together by Andy Erickson. The wine reveals a ruby/purple hue as well as complex notes of red and black fruits, green tobacco, cedary spice, and spring flowers. These all flow to a medium to full-bodied, elegant wine that offers good overall concentration, seamless tannins, and a great finish. Very much in the style of the 2018 vintage with its more streamlined, elegant style, it’s going to benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age (although it’s far from unapproachable today) and keep for a solid 10-12 years or more. This is one of the more age-worthy examples of this cuvée that I recall.

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2018 Lewis Cellars Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5 Liter

(not eligible for discounts)

$360.00

A V Wine Cellar classic through the years is here in its 2018 awesome version & in big fashion!

Rare Magnums Available ( 1.5 Liter )

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 LEWIS CELLARS RESERVE 1.5 Liter Magnum

The outstanding 2018 Reserve Cabernet is a full-throttle, packed with a dense core of fruit yet balanced with a fine-tuned chassis. Showy and complex, the wine is obsidian dark, layered with black currant, berries, coffee and sweet oak spices. Fleshy on entry, the palate soars with brazen youth in a firmly framed structure that tails away with chocolaty fine-grained tannins.

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2018 Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$295.00

Perhaps one of the simplest yet most relevant tag lines for a wine label, Remember To Live, not to mention I'm always wearing my Memento Mori hat & the wine is bombastically awesome!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 MEMENTO MORI

Cabernet Sauvignon

99 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Just about pure perfection in a glass, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 100% varietal sourced from top sites including Dr. Crane, Las Piedras, Weitz, Oakville Ranch, and Vine Hill. This deep purple/blue-hued beauty boasts a stunning bouquet of pure crème de cassis and blackberry fruits as well as complex forest floor, graphite, chocolate, and spicy oak. Full-bodied, rich, sexy, yet incredibly elegant and seamless on the palate, this is pure Napa Valley magic that has appeal even today yet the class to evolve for 30 years in cold cellars.

98 Points The Wine Advocate

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of each of the single-vineyard wine sites (Dr. Crane, Las Piedras and Vine Hill Ranch), plus fruit from Oakville Ranch and Weitz vineyards. It was aged for 22 months in French oak, 100% new. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out of the gate with energetic scents of warm cassis, blackberry pie, boysenberries and wild blueberries plus hints of mocha, black truffles, fertile loam and lavender, with a waft of Chinese five spice. Full-bodied, rich, concentrated and decadent with a velvety texture and fantastic freshness, it finishes long and layered.

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2018 PERLISS The Ravens Cabernet Sauvignon

$0.00

A wine that takes you to the dark side of the deepest core of fruit that only Aaron Pott and Perliss Estate Vineyards could conjure up.

Amazing Wine that opens up for days and effortlessly pushes your palate's sense of pleasure.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 PERLISS

THE RAVENS

96 Points The Wine Advocate

Lisa P. Brown

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon The Ravens has a deep garnet-purple color, prancing out of the glass with vivacious scents of blueberry pie, black currant cordial and fresh blackberries plus hints of cinnamon toast and clove oil. Full-bodied, the palate has an approachable structure of finely grained tannins and bold freshness supporting the tightly knit black fruits, finishing with a spicy kick.

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2018 PERUS ARMAAN Tench Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$395.00

We've been enjoying the PERUS family of wines from day one.

The 2018 Vintage has created divisions in perception as only Russell Bevan could deliver. Get ready for a reality altering impact.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

PERUS' flagship wine, the Tench Vineyard Armaan Cabernet Sauvignon continues to be the most concentrated and opulent production in the Russell Bevan made lineup.

The 2018 continues to simmer into the darkness that only Bevan could bring to life with a hedonistic deep purple/plum-hue, a monstrous bouquet of black cherries, chocolate covered blueberries, baking spices, mocha, iron, and licorice, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a dense, powerful mid-palate, sweet tannins, and a seriously long finish.

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2018 PERUS BRYN PROPRIETARY RED WINE

(not eligible for discounts)

$125.00

We're back riding the heights of the great 2018 vintage.

Introducing wine #2 of 3 of our 1st Quarter Cult Club

( Sign Up ).

This wine here left us in awe with the amount of flavors that could only be described as sensual hedonistic twists that unravel perception. Every single day it changed, it's been a while since this has happened.

(( Russell Bevan Made ))

2018 PERUS BRYN

PROPRIETARY RED WINE

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

I was blown away by the 2018 Bryn, only the second vintage I’ve been able to taste. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, it’s a more plush, sexy wine, especially in the vintage, with full-bodied aromas and flavors of chocolaty dark fruits, tobacco leaf, earth, and spice. With a great mid-palate, building richness, and velvety tannins, it holds onto the pure, seamless style of the vintage. It’s well worth seeking out and is going to cruise in cold cellars for 15+ years.

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2018 REALM THE BARD

$150.00

The captivating over delivering The Bard from Realm Cellars continues to mystify consumers and competitors alike. Worldclass wine at your finger tips!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 Realm • The Bard

98 Points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2018 The Bard is beautiful and certainly in the same realm as the 2015 and 2016, both magical wines. This cuvée reveals a deep purple color followed by a beautiful perfume of crème de cassis, blackberries, roasted coffee, spring flowers, and violets. With incredible richness, no hard edges, and a blockbuster finish, this incredible wine offers serious opulence with no sensation of heaviness or weight. It's beautifully done and already complex and nuanced. It will evolve for at least 15+ years. The blend is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot, and 2% each of Petit Verdot and Petite Sirah.

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2018 Reflectionist Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$140.00

We tasted this new Atelier Melka production early in March with 1/2 The Dynamic Duo of Melka & koschitzky. Mayaan said he had a nice surprise, did he ever. This wine was delicious, expressive, seductive and with all that ~ a great value!

(( The best thing about this project is that proceeds go to Napa Valley charities, what's not to love ))

Based On Everything I've Tasted From 2018 We Give This Wine

A High 90s Score!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 REFLECTIONIST

Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine has the seduction and purity reminiscent of a great left bank Bordeaux vintage. Sourcing from three distinct sites, the wine displays the diversity of soils from some of Napa’s most iconic locations. Aromas of Asian spices, vanilla bean and savory undertones lead to a cascade of flavors such as mocha, blackberries. The mouthfeel is plush and dense with a deeply textured fullness. The tannins are firm, but over time in the glass, give way to an interwoven polish. The balance is exquisite, providing a sense of instant pleasure with a refined persistence in the finish.

This 2018 was aged in the French tradition for 20 months in 100% new French oak barrels and was bottled in June 2020.

– Philippe Melka, Winemaker, Atelier Melka

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2018 Riverain Tench Cabernet Sauvignon

$140.00

A wine we've featured in our CULT CLUB is back with the intensity & power Thomas Rivers Brown consistently delivers to the masses!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

2018 RIVERAIN

Tench Vineyard, Oakville

From a site just beside Screaming Eagle, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Tench Vineyard sports a dense purple/plum color to go with classic Tench notes of red and black currants, Asian spices, iron, sandalwood, and Christmas spice. These carry to a full-bodied Cabernet with plenty of mid-palate richness, lots of spicy nuances, building tannins, and a great, great finish. A sweetly fruited, sexy 2018. it has plenty of up-front appeal yet more than enough structure to evolve for 25+ years.

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2018 SCARECROW M. ETAIN ORIGINAL SET

(not eligible for discounts)

$650.00

I opened a bottle as soon as I picked up my allocation as I do at least a couple times a year. I mentioned to a dear friend...Humm I expected better for a 2018 from the winery. Never judge a wine too quickly, on day 2 its was signing songs of Rutherford greatness!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

2018 M. ETAIN

Cabernet Sauvignon

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2018 M. Étain is another gem of a wine, and while it’s billed as a second wine of Scarecrow, it has a style all its own. The 2018 is reminiscent of a great Saint-Julien, with its purity and elegance paired with textbook Cabernet notes of crème de cassis, crushed violets, earth, and liquid rock-like minerality. It’s just as gorgeous on the palate and has a full-bodied, seamless, ultra-pure texture, ripe yet present tannins, and a great finish. As with the Grand Vin, it offers pleasure today but is going to be better with 3-5 years of bottle age. You can’t go wrong with either of these releases from Scarecrow, and this is another brilliant release from winemaker Celia Welch.

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2018 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$1,000.00

Only a few brands have achieved the success that Scarecrow wines continue to build upon. It takes a lot of pieces to fall into place, yet the most important aspect of the equation is continued quality in production.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

((These Wines Are Arriving Mid April))

2018 SCARECROW

100 POINTS JEB DUNNUCK

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple in color, rolling reluctantly out of the glass with tar and earthy notes to begin, giving way to compelling notions of baked plums, warm cassis and wild blueberries plus wafts of dried sage and tilled earth. Full-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid structure of grainy tannins supporting the muscular, crunchy black fruits, finishing long and lively.

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2018 SCHRADER LAS PIEDRAS

$450.00

It takes a lot of training to maintain being in "The Moment" most of the time. When passion for wine is a driving force in finding joy, a classic vintage and producer go hand in hand.

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

Enter The:

2018 Schrader Beckstoffer

Las Piedras Vineyard

99 Points Jeb Dunnuck

I loved the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard LPV. This vineyard, which is just a stone’s throw from Dr. Crane, has yielded an incredibly complex, full-bodied, exotic style as well as a kaleidoscope of blue fruits, spring flowers, bay leaf, and dried tobacco. Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aging in 100% new Darnajou and Taransaud barrels, it has a surprising amount of structure hiding under its fruit and it’s going to be a magical, long-lived wine.

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2018 Teeter Totter Cabernet Sauvignon

$65.00

The latest Teeter Totter Cabernet Sauvignon from Benoit Touquette, is by far his best! Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

A must have right away!

The standard for a masterfully crafted

cépage!

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2019 Adversity ERBA Vineyard

(not eligible for discounts)

$230.00

We sat down with Mr. Bevan in the V Wine Lab and he showed us what he's been cooking in his own RND facility. The 2019 Adversity wines are here and everyone has taken notice!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

NO CRITIC REVIEWS TO CITE

IN ((V)) YOU TRUST TO PROMOTE WHAT IS PURE

WINE FUSION

A hedonistic blend of blackcurrants, smoke tobacco, chocolate, charred barrel, and rocky, earthy minerality. If wine exploring is what you are into, take a ride with Russell and be prepared to get blown away by the King Of Ring's newest project!

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2019 Caterwaul Napa Valley

$55.00

WINE ARRIVES 6/22/21

No sense in keeping it to ourselves when this wine has been the hottest moving wine in the below $100 market for the last few years! That man they call TRB just did it again!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

94 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Surely one of the great values in the vintage, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley just about jumps out of the glass with its fruit-forward, undeniably delicious style that could be drunk today. Notes of cassis and berry fruits, lots of spice and flower nuances, full-bodied richness, and ripe, polished tannins all make for a no-brainer purchase geared for drinking over the coming decade.

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2019 Royal Prince Cabernet Sauvignon

(not eligible for discounts)

$45.00

It's Done.

Unanimous!

As declared by Forbes Magazine, The Robb Report & V Wine Cellar!

These are the best value driven wines being created by

Maayan Koschitzky & David Green. Both Gentleman are well versed in the art of what it takes!

Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar

A seamless, opulent densely textured wine that is at once extravagant and racy in its precision and tension. The 2018 Royal Prince is dark and deep, packed with decadent opaque sensation of flavors. It shows aromas of truffle, black cherry and licorice.

The wine fills the palate with an amazing energy, leading to a deeply textured mouthfeel, and culminating with fine-grained tannins and an exceptionally long, lifted finishing sensation.

Robb Report Published November 9th, 2020

"This is not a “second label,” a lineup of entry-level wines that have been declassified from top bottlings and produced to be cheery and cheap and meant to be drunk after that famous interval of aging—the time it takes to get them home from the supermarket."

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Levensohn Quattro Pack

(not eligible for discounts)

$800.00

THE QUATTRO EXPERIENCE

(Opportunity To Acquire Unique 4 Bottle Set)

Levensohn Cabernet Sauvignon vintages age in the spirtit of 1st growth Bourdeaux! Originally projected by Robert M. Parker Jr. to go the distance of 30+ Years. The unique terroir site at Levensohn Vineyards is one of the most coveted sites in all of Napa Valley.

2013 LEVENSOHN VINEYARD

94+ Points Robert Parker

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon from their vineyard in St. Helena is a slightly richer, broader and more profoundly deep style of Cabernet Sauvignon than the 2012 with a nearly opaque ruby/purple color, with sweet black cherry and blackcurrant fruit in the intense and persistent aromatics. Full-bodied with the same alcohol as the 2012 (14.8%), the wine cuts a broad swath across the palate without any sense of heaviness. Pure and ripe but still youthful and relatively unevolved, this should be cellared for another 3-5 years and drink over the following two decades.

2014 LEVENSOHN VINEYARDS

94 Points Robert Parker

This blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Merlot is deep, rich, concentrated and authoritative. Dense ruby/purple-colored, with crème de cassis and blacker fruits, some licorice and incense, it is full-bodied, beautifully pure, with sweet tannin and a long, layered finish. This is high-brow, impressive Cabernet Sauvignon to drink over the next 15-20 years.

2015 LEVENSOHN VINEYARDS

95 Points Lisa P Brown

Containing a 5% splash of Merlot and aged 19 months in French oak (80% new), the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color with vibrant notions of red and black currants, violets, blackberries and black cherries, plus a cinnamon toast and pencil shavings undercurrent. Medium to full-bodied, lively and purely fruited on the palate, it has a firm, grainy backbone and long finish of spicy layers.

2016 LEVENSOHN VINEYARDS

97 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Winemaker Benoit Touquette compares the 2016 vintage to 2014 with its purity and balance. The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon shows the fresher style of the vintage beautifully and offers up a complex array of crème de cassis, blueberries, crushed rocks, violets, and lead pencil shaving-like notes. This full-bodied beauty has awesome purity of fruit, a seamless texture, perfect balance, and a great, great finish. Give bottles another 2-4 years, and it’s going to evolve gracefully for 20 years or more. It’s pure class.

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SCHRADER CELLARS 7 BOTTLE PARCEL SET

(not eligible for discounts)

$3,250.00

2017

SCHRADER CELLARS

7 BOTTLE PARCEL PICK

( One Bottle Of Each )

GIII 97 Points JD

Yields at Schrader are down a massive 50%, yet what they put in bottle is certainly brilliant. Starting with their 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard, it’s one of the plusher, more rounded, sexy wines in the lineup and is loaded with cassis and assorted blue fruits as well as notes of white flowers, violets, and tobacco. Full-bodied, concentrated, and opulent on the palate, it’s one big mouthful of pleasure bent fruit that’s hard to match in the vintage. Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that spent 20 months in 90% new oak, it’s going to put a smile on everyone’s face any time over the coming 20 years or so.

LPV 97+ Points JD

There are two releases from the Las Piedras Vineyard just outside of St. Helena, the LPV and the Colesworthy. The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard LPV is a slightly larger production cuvée and has terrific, complex notes of blueberries, bay leaf, blood orange, and liquid violets. I always find a floral note from this vineyard, and it’s certainly present here. Deep, powerful, and opulent on the palate, it has terrific tannins, no hard edges, and a beautiful finish. I love it even today, yet I suspect it will develop even more complexity with 3-4 years of bottle age and keep for two decades.

CCS 98 Points JD

Another wine in the running for the wine of the vintage is the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard CCS, which, as always, is all Cabernet aged in new Darnajou barrels. This full-bodied, magical 2017 has incredibly polished, silky tannins as well as a mammoth-sized texture and mouthfeel. Loaded with notions of blueberries, white flowers, graphite, candied violets, and incense, it’s one of those wines that carries incredible richness and depth yet never seems heavy or cumbersome. The 2017 doesn’t get much better, and this beauty can be drunk today or cellared for two decades.

RBS 96 Points JD

More black fruits, tobacco, chocolate, and earthy notes emerge from the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard RBS, but it’s a similarly textured, sexy, opulent wine on the palate. All Cabernet aged 20 months in 95% new French oak, this full-bodied, concentrated 2017 has terrific tannins, a balanced, layered mouthfeel, and a great finish. It too is destined for 15-20 years of prime drinking.

TO KALON 96+ Points JD

Also known as the Schrader Schrader, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Schrader offers a more black-fruited, chocolate, and mineral-laced profile as well as full-bodied richness, a dense, powerful mid-palate, and building tannins. As I wrote last year, it’s one of the biggest, baddest wines in the lineup. I wouldn’t open bottles for a good 4-5 years, yet it should be long-lived.

T6 98 Points JD

In the top handful of wines in the vintage, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard T6 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (which was harvested the morning of the fires) that spent 20 months in 92% new French oak. This is a powerhouse of a wine that’s loaded with fruit and richness, yet it still just glides across the palate with no sensation of weight or heaviness. Dense purple-hued, with lots of chocolaty black and blue fruits, incense, and spice as well as unsmoked tobacco, give bottles 3-4 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following two decades

MB 94 Points JD

The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard Monastery Block is always terrific, yet I always find it more linear and foursquare compared to some of the other releases in the lineup. Nevertheless, it offers a terrific bouquet of gravelly earth, ground herbs, chocolaty dark fruits, and some obvious minerality. This full-bodied Cabernet is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for 15-20 plus.

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