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Drinking Window: 2025-2055 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 98 DE Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.8% "Scarecrow’s M. Étain label – French for 'Tin Man' – debuted in 2008. "We wanted to create a companion label to Scarecrow utilizing the younger blocks, or cuts of Clone 337 that were too abundant for the flagship bottling," explains winemaker Celia Welch. The 2022 vintage is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, all sourced from the J.J. Cohn estate in Rutherford, aged for 18 months in 60% new French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. In 2023, the wine reads as quintessential Rutherford, opening with perfectly ripe boysenberry and cherry before building into classic site signatures of dusty minerality, unsweetened cocoa powder and a hint of bergamot. As Welch notes, there is also a subtle touch of sweet basil—a detail that captures Rutherford’s terroir beautifully, that dusty earth component edged with gentle sweetness. The palate unfolds with impressive density and richness, yet retains lift, carried by blue, black and red fruit and generous cocoa-powder tannins through the expressive finish. Utterly delicious and immediately drinkable, yet firmly structured to evolve gracefully. Farming in 2023 was overseen by Domenick Bianco, formerly of Joseph Phelps Vineyards." * Johnathan Cristaldi, Decanter - Tasted: March 2026
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Drinking Window: 2020 - 2071 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 98 RP, 98 WE Region: Stags Leap District ABV: 15.5%"Among the Napa Valley's most crowning achievements in Cabernet, this vintage of Hillside Select is stunning, bright and beguiling in every way. Intensely layered, its interwoven flavors burst in black licorice, dark chocolate, pipe tobacco, gun smoke and garrigue. Spicy oak adds to the power and weight. Drinkable now, it will show even better finesse in time." * Wine Enthusiast - Tasted: January 2018
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Drinking Window: 2023-2038 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 94 JS, 96 JD Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.7% "Plenty of blueberry, dark chocolate and light vanilla character, but not overdone. It’s medium-to full-bodied with fine tannins and a linear finish. Drinkable now, but better in 2024." * James Suckling - Tasted: November 2021
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Drinking Window: 2025- 2045 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 95 RP, 97 WS Region: Napa Valley ABV: 15.7% "Dark-fruited aromas of mulberries, blackcurrants, violets, graphite and potpourri. The palate is full-bodied with firmly framed tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of mocha, blackberry bush, wet stones, dried herbs and raspberries. There is quite a mineral edge to this wine, with a underlying power. Drink or hold." * James Suckling - Tasted: January 2025
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Drinking Window: 2028 - 2046 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 96 WS, 96 SJ Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5% "The powerhouse of the Napa Heritage Vineyards is, without a doubt, To Kalon. Its aromas of wet stone, slate, fresh blueberry, and violet highlight the beauty and depth of this exceptional terroir. On the palate, robust tannins support rich flavors of dark fruit, molasses, and fig." * Winery Notes
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Drinking Window: 2028-2043 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 99 JD, 99 CH, 99 Decanter Region: Napa Valley, California ABV: 14.5% "Based on 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Merlot and aged in 76% new oak, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep purple hue and offers up a massive nose of crème de cassis, crushed stone, liquid violets, and freshly sharpened pencil. It's deep, rich, full-bodied, and voluptuous on the palate, with a sensational level of purity, an expansive, opulent mid-palate, ripe tannins, and a great finish. There are roughly 3,500 cases of this magical elixir, which will benefit from 5-7 years of bottle age and keep for 40+ years if well stored. Drink 2030-2070" *Jeb Dunnuck Tasted December 2025
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Drinking Window: 2023-2039 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 93 JS Region: Napa Valley, California ABV: 15.0% "A solid red with blackberries and dark chocolate, as well as crushed-stone character. Medium body and layered tannins. Attractive now, but give it time. Better in 2025." *James Suckling Tasted March 2022
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Drinking Window: 2025-2032 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 91 CT Region: Napa Valley, California ABV: 15.4% "Plush aromas of blackberry compote, graphite, blueberries and blood plums. The palate is full-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, showing a generous, creamy texture and lingering notes of mocha and bramble berries. Fresh and polished for this hot vintage. Drink or hold." *James Suckling - Tasted January 2025
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Drinking Window: 2026-2056 Size: 1.5 L Critic Scores: 98 JL, 96 RP Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5%Inky, dark in color, the wine pops from the glass with its blackberries, black cherries, licorice, chocolate, smoke, cassis, and vanilla beans. Rich, concentrated, opulent, and intense, the wine coats your palate, teeth, and gums with waves of lusciously textured, dark fruits that linger. The wine is produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, coming from a parcel selection of the estate's oldest vines. With all of its ripe, round fruits, it can be enjoyed in its youth, or you can age it for additional complexities and softness. * Jeff Leve - Tasted: April 2025
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Drinking Window: 2026 - 2045 Size: 1.5 L Critic Scores: 95 JL, 95 RP Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.5%"The Cathiard estate's flagship wine is super concentrated, superfine in texture, built for long aging but also enticing to drink soon. It is made from 100% cabernet sauvignon from the oldest vines on the property, planted in 1978. Beautiful flavors of creme de cassis, black cherries, blueberries, orange zest and bitter chocolate are layered and almost delicate." * James Suckling - Tasted: March 2025
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Drinking Window: 2025-2048 Size: 1.5 L Critic Scores: 97 WI Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.1%"Wonderful aromas of blackcurrants, dark plums, mint, sage, and dried wood. Some sandalwood. Full- to medium-bodied with tannins that have the texture of fine velvet and run down the length of the wine. Extremely polished and refined. Sophisticated. Firm at the end. This will age beautifully. Pure cabernet sauvignon." * James Suckling - Tasted: Feb. 2023
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Drinking Window: 2025-2035 Size: 750mL Critic Scores: 95 James Suckling Region: Napa Valley ABV: 14.7-14.8%"A super creamy, delicious and detailed red with oodles of red fruit, silky tannins and a full body. It tastes pure, fresh, almost delicate, offering raspberries, cherry cream, blueberries, cafe au lait and subtle oak toast on the palate. A gentle, layered, pretty wine that seems not at all affected by the wildfire smoke that year. Drinkable now, but best from 2030."* James Suckling - Tasted: April 2025
