Lot 25 2023 Calistoga District Cabernet Sauvignon

BOTTLING 8/28/25  AVAILABLE TO SHIP FALL 2025 

SHIPPING IS INCLUDED ON 12-BOTTLE CASES

FREE SUMMER STORAGE UNTIL THE FALL

My God, I love this Cabernet!!!!

I've been tasting Napa Valley wines from up and down the valley for 30 years now and I've never seen a better vintage for Calistoga than 2023. To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of Calistoga Cabernet. Save for some of the upper hillside vineyards, it just a little hot for me. But for 2023, while it was quite cool in the southern part of Napa Valley, the normally very hot Calistoga vintage was absolutely perfect!

Rich, ripe, juicy, luscious, velvety and opulent, Lot 25 2023 Calistoga Cabernet Sauvignon is an OMFG delicious Cabernet Sauvignon. The mouthfeel is magic carpet ride, glycerin smooth with ample structure to support to gobs of pure fruit...this is pure hedonism combined with terrific structure and complexity!

Lot 25 2023 Calistoga District Cabernet Sauvignon is a single vineyard designated bottling hailing from old vines planted in the gravelly loam in the eastern alluvials at the foot of Mount St. Helena. Produced for a $130/bottle price point, this is a no-expense spared program raised up in 80% new French oak. They absolutely nailed it in 2023 and there is no way I would ever get my hands on this wine if it weren't for the current sales climate.

If rich, ripe delicious Napa Cabernet Sauvignon is your thing, this is a don't miss. BOOM BOOM stuff for sure!

Inky in the glass but immediately effusive with blackberry jam, blackcherry and raspberry kirsch surrounded by gobs of black forest cake, cedar and spicy lavender florals. Rich and plush on entry with a silky, perfectly integrated structure that unfurls waves of ripe, opulent blackberry, fig compote, and chocolate slathered over a ripe tannins. Fantastically delicious and potent at the same time, this is a magnificent mouthful of wine.

100% Calistoga single-vineyard 
97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Petite Verdot
80% new French oak
15% alc.
~110 cases available