H.W.C. To Kalon Vineyard Eliza’s Red Napa Valley 2021

If you’re To Kalon Vineyard Company, who else are you going to get to run your winemaking department besides a bonafide superstar? That’s why they picked none other than arguably the best domestic Cabernet Sauvignon specialist at this current time, Andy Erickson. We’ve been lucky enough to score Andy’s Leviathan wines, but he’s also been the winemaker at Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Staglin Family Estates, Favia and more as a consultant. Those are where most of his 100-pointers come from!

The vineyard that he gets to work with is absolutely sacred, and the fruit from this vineyard is the most expensive of any in the United States. You would be appalled at the prices they get, but the wait list is infinitely long, so the market for this juice is clearly there.

It was planted by H.W. Crabb back in the 1860’s and he named it ‘To Kalon’ which was greek for ‘highest beauty’. It’s become the stuff of legends with some of the most highly rated and age-worthy Cabernets ever bottled coming off this iconic vineyard. It’s abundantly clear from all the big scores these wines wrack up and the crazy limited amounts that we get, that Andy is only adding to this vineyard’s legacy.