2018 Anderson Conn Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml

We couldn’t have said it better than Wine Advocate: “If you have not yet discovered the wines from this nearly 28-acre vineyard tucked away a few miles east of the famed Meadowood Resort, it’s time.”

They’re talking about Anderson Conn Valley (ACV), whose Cabernets are some of the most consistently bestselling wines in Wine Access history. They’re plush, saturated, luxurious, and there’s no better introduction to them than the 2018, which winemaker Robert Hunt told us was in the pole position to be his favorite since 1994. 

Absolutely gorgeous now, this smoothly textured, lavishly complex Cab is only going to get better with time, thanks to its perfect balance between acidity and tannins. From an estate hidden at the base of Howell Mountain—run with considerable gusto by Napa icon Todd Anderson—it’s a bottle one happy five-star reviewer raved “tastes like its more expensive big brothers!”

Wine Advocate called Anderson’s vineyards “an undeniable source of very complex and age-worthy wines,” and in 2018, they produced another stone-cold classic.

Napa Valley’s glorious 2018 vintage was declared “picture-perfect” by Wine Spectator, and in just a few years, all the hype surrounding it has been justified. We remember the long, ideal growing season and beautifully slow-paced harvest that year, which helped create ripe yet integrated wines like this ACV Cab.

Aged in French oak for 16 months, this is an opaque, chewy, and boisterous wine, showing all the dark fruit, savory herbs, and rich tannins that convinced Wine Advocate to declare that ACV “represents the greatness of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.”