Reputation Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2023

This is a big, beautiful Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The kind that serious Cab drinkers can’t get enough of and that usually commands a $75/bottle price tag as a tasting-room only selection. But in California, deals are happening if you know where to look. This leads with bold dark-fruited flavors, a hint of cocoa, plenty of power. In the 2023 vintage, the critics felt the same way. Suckling gave it 94 points highlighting “tension and finesse with a creamy refined finish.” Wine Enthusiast came in at 93, calling out “a complexity of flavors that has intrigue as much as refinement.” This is a gorgeous 87% Cabernet Sauvignon blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot from one of Napa’s most celebrated but unnamed addresses in what Lisa Perotti-Brown called a “once in a lifetime” 2023 vintage.