Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville 2018 (1.5L Magnum)

Perhaps no winery is more synonymous with an AVA than Groth is with Oakville. Their 1985 Reserve Cabernet holds the distinction of being Robert Parker’s first-ever 100-point score awarded to a domestic wine. That was just the beginning.

Since then, they’ve appeared on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list eight times, including the most recent time with this, their 2016 Oakville Reserve, a 96-point age-worthy beauty that is easily one of the best California Cabernet collectors items out there.

In the 2018 vintage in Napa, a vintage that Forbes’ Tom Hyland called “a truly outstanding vintage”, Groth’s Oakville Cabernet is absolutely gorgeous. It’s remarkably fresh, with great acidity and tannic structure and plenty of ageability. Antonio Galloni didn’t stop at just calling the wine “fabulous” , going as far to say that the wine “shows the important strides that have been made [at Groth] in recent years.”