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    2016 Miner The Oracle Red Wine Napa Valley 750 ml

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    A Tableside Ace-in-the-Hole

    It never fails: For Napa-wine lovers who adore icons like Phelps and Continuum but don’t necessarily want to spend those sums, Miner’s Oracle is our go-to. Made from prime hillside sites primarily on the east side of the Valley, it always delivers richness and breed in spades, but for less than half the price of its peers.

    There are three keys to Miner’s flagship red. It was made by winemaker Gary Brookman, who earned his stripes at Joseph Phelps Vineyards and led Miner from 1997 to 2022. It comes from incredible sources, including the famed Stagecoach Vineyard, as well as top sites in Rutherford, Oakville, and Chiles Valley. Finally, it had a painstaking upbringing, aging for almost two years in barrel and then another two years in bottle before hitting the market.

    Now, six years after the pitch-perfect 2016 season, this wine splendidly displays all the power and grace of that amazing growing season. The blend comprises 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 17% Merlot, plus a little bit of Petit Verdot and Malbec, and I love how seamlessly the Cabernet and Cab Franc are woven together. Coming from arguably the best vintage of the decade, we can’t recommend this supple 2016 more highly.

    The Oracle is showing beautifully right now, and built to go the distance in the cellar—that’s why it’s been a rock-solid standard of the Napa wine scene for over 20 years, and why no savvy enophile’s cellar is complete without it. It’s one of our mainstays—a stunner we love to have in our back pocket to share when guests arrive!