{"product_id":"lot-10-2023-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml","title":"Lot 10 2023 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93-POINTS James Suckling: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLifted dark fruit, spices, earth and olive tapenade with a lovely savory edge. The palate is full-bodied with fine-grained tannins and a plush, rounded mouthfeel that finishes with a dense core of fruit and a serious structure. Excellent value. Drink or hold.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith great numbers comes great responsibility! So, how about some Mountain Muscle?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegendary Hillside vineyard? Check. \u003cbr\u003eInsider blocks? Check.\u003cbr\u003e90% new French oak? Check.\u003cbr\u003e$200+\/bottle price point? Check.\u003cbr\u003eProducer bottling blend? Check.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShowcasing a combination of hillside meets mountain power, Lot 10 2023 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge, ripe, muscular combination of meaty yet high-toned Coombsville fruit (58%) blended with 42% of some of the Cabernet best blocks from the massive \"vineyard that must not be named\" that straddles Atlas Peak to Pritchard Hill (I used to source fruit from this vineyard so I know it well; however, to be honest, I was never able to work my way into these blocks as they were reserved for the who's who of consulting winemakers\/luxury brands). Aged in~90% new French oak (Taransaud, Francois Freres, Seguin Moreau, etc.) and built for a $200+\/bottle price tag, it's easily got the stuffing to go 20+ years in your cellar. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally intended as a new, Icon-level offering for their portfolio (the program names are built into the lot codes), the producer simply wanted to reduce inventories and we split the final blend. The wine just hit our barn last week and goes into the bottle at the end of the month. \u003cstrong\u003eT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere are approximately 200 cases remaining.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSquid ink in the glass with just a peek of vibrant purple around the rim. The bouquet is densely packed, almost concave, drawing you down before revealing layers of black cherry and boysenberry jam notes framed with dark chocolate, savory cardamom and black pepper\/seasoned oak. As it opens, wild sage, red rock and violets florals complex the nose but, clearly, there is more to come here. Rich, ripe and muscular on entry, it presents a palate staining structure of big-grained, red rock slathered tannins that seamlessly unfurl perfectly delineated black and blue fruits finishing with a flourish of raspberry kirsch, black pepper and dark chocolate. Dense and tightly wound swaddled in baby fat, give this bad boy and good year or two in the bottle before poaching!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58% Coombsville, 42% Napa Valley (a combination 2 single vineyards, one of which is estate)\u003cbr\u003e95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petite Verdot\u003cbr\u003e90% new French oak, Taransaud, Francois Freres, Seguin Moreau.\u003cbr\u003e~270 cases produced\u003cbr\u003eAlc. 14.9%\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottled June 27, 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CAM X Wine by Cameron Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50760662155557,"sku":"LOT0010.BTL","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/4277\/5333\/files\/Lot_10_Tastry.png?v=1765323137","url":"https:\/\/camxwine.com\/products\/lot-10-2023-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml","provider":"CAM X Wine by Cameron Hughes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}