2017 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain Napa Valley 750 ml

Every cellar should include at least one of Diamond Creek’s legendary Cabernet expressions: Red Rock Terrace, Gravelly Meadow, and Volcanic Hill. 

It may be a bold statement, but it’s one that few critics or California collectors would disagree with. Founded in 1968, Diamond Creek was one of the first Napa Valley wineries to emphasize individual terroirs with vineyard-designate Cabernets—and the very first to command $100 per bottle. Now that triple-digit prices are the norm for Napa Cabernet, there’s no single-vineyard Cabernet in the Valley that doesn’t owe its prestige to this pioneering winery. 

Their 2017 Red Rock Terrace is purple-black in color, with a black-fruit nose displaying complex notes of tilled earth, fennel, toasted oak, and pepper, and a full-bodied and dense palate framed by plush tannins. Most critics haven’t yet rated this freshly released Cabernet from the site that produces Diamond Creek’s earliest-drinking, most accessible wines, but James Suckling has already praised the 2017 as “full and beautiful,” and “extremely long and luscious.”

Diamond Creek wines aren’t just rare, but the winery itself is a rarity—a classic whose Cabernets, fifty years after the winery’s founding, are better than ever before. These Cabernets introduced Napa Valley’s distinct terroir to the world, and whether you’re building on a vertical that dates back decades or just beginning a California Cabernet collection, they’ll be essential cellar showpieces for years to come.