Faust ‘The Pact’ Napa Valley 2023
97 Points, James Suckling – 95 Points, Wine Spectator
‘The Pact’ is the small-production flagship bottling from Faust Wines. Always a wine that overdelivers in value, but in Napa’s otherworldly 2023 vintage, superstar consultant Michel Rolland turned in an absolute beauty. This one is packed with vibrant Coombsville fruit from Atlas Peak giving it a ton of power and torque for sure. It blasts out of the bottle with dark currants and rich black fruits. It’s definitely a big, brooding Cabernet with structure and finely layered grainy tannins. These ‘Pact’ wines just keep getting better and better. With Wine Spectator coming in at 95 points, and Suckling giving the ‘baby wine’ 96 points, there’s no telling how high this one will be scored when it’s all said and done.
Original price was: $155.00.$110.00Current price is: $110.00.
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97 Points, James Suckling
Aromas of blueberries, blackberries, dried rose petals, graphite, violets, wet earth, bitter dark chocolate and a touch of slate. The palate shows nerve and verve, with vibrancy, a mouthwatering feel and a rounded, textural mouthfeel balanced by fine tannins and bright acidity. This is so focused, with power and an aromatic lift. A wine for today, but with plenty of potential for aging. A great example of Coombsville. Drink or hold.
95 Points, Wine Spectator
Dark, winey, almost brooding in persona, with an inky hint giving way to smoldering tobacco and cast iron notes that feature as prominently as the deep well of black currant and blackberry preserves. Old-school bay leaf, chestnut leaf and sanguine accents fill in liberally on the finish, which shows cut as the vintage’s succulence lets everything play out. Best from 2027 through 2038.
It’s hard not to love just about everything that comes from Hunneus Wines. First, we got offered Leviathan. Then, we had a rare allocation of Quintessa. Both at exceptional prices. But those offers pale in comparison to today’s final act, a two-for-one offer of “Baby Quintessa”, from project Faust, priced to be scooped up by the case.
The winemaking team at Faust is ridiculous. Similar to the team at Quintessa (Michel Rolland/Andy Erickson) minus Rebekah Wineburg but with Charles Thomas (Opus One) and David Jelinek (Copain/Prisoner/Groth). The vineyard source out of this world – a little slice of heaven on the foothills of Atlas Peak in Coombsville. The wine is aged and bottled at Quintessa’s state-of-the-art winemaking facility.
Both have all the vineyard pedigree and winemaking prowess of Quintessa. They receive the same big scores and press as their big name brother, but at prices that Napa almost never sees anymore for wines of this caliber. And the best part, I’m able to offer these at the best prices anywhere – for as long as they last.
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