2018 Grand Napa Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Napa Valley 750 ml

One glance at the 2018 Napa Cabs that earned 94 points from Jeb Dunnuck and it’s clear you’re creeping up on cult-wine territory: Schrader, Alpha Omega, and Vineyard 29 all make appearances. Triple-digit prices are the norm, with some pushing past $300. 

That makes the 2018 Grand Napa Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve one of the best points-to-price Cabernet values we’ve seen from this spectacular Napa Valley vintage..

“Another terrific wine,” began Dunnuck’s 94-point review, which put this bottle within a point of the greatest Grand Napa Vineyards wine the critic has ever tasted. We were equally impressed by this dark-fruited and graphite-tinged Cabernet, which boasts tons of black-fruit aromas accented with bay leaf. It’s rich and voluptuous on the palate, with a polished structure that marks it as a big-league Napa Valley Cabernet. 

Grand Napa Vineyards was primed to benefit from 2018, an outstanding year that Decanter declared “belongs in an echelon with the finest of the past two decades… just a dream,” thanks to its ideal location in Rutherford—the home of legendary vineyards such as Grgich Hills, Staglin, and Beaulieu Vineyard—as well as the spectacular sources that winemaker Dwight Bonewell has cultivated in Napa Valley’s greatest AVAs. These sources are a tightly guarded secret, but the glory of the 2018 vintage and the terroir of Napa Valley’s marquee appellations shine through in every sip. 

This wine is drinking beautifully now, but has a sturdy backbone of tannins that will reward a long slumber in the cellar.