2018 Karo-Kann Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml

Karo-Kann Cabernet Sauvignon is back with a vengeance—and it’s easily one of the classiest and richest wines we’ve ever made.

The 2018 growing season and the source made it easy. It was a vintage Wine Spectator called “near picture-perfect.” And with yields in Napa Valley back to normal after multiple years of drought-induced lows, one estate—still coming off the high of earning Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year honors—ended up with extra fruit from incredible vineyard sites in Rutherford, St. Helena, and Oak Knoll.

So guess who they called?

It took five vintages of releases and decades of relationship building in Napa to get to this point—arguably the pinnacle of Karo-Kann. We’ve walked, rode, even hovered (we once took a helicopter ride with a well-resourced winery owner to scout new vineyard sites around Atlas Peak) over nearly every inch of the Valley in search of the best Cabernet Sauvignon. It hasn’t been easy, but as the slew of four and five-star member reviews have made clear, it has been well worth it.

Because we always do justice to every grape cluster we source, we tapped Chappellet and Jordan alum Britt Nichols to craft today’s stellar 2018. With the bounty of a phenomenal harvest in her hands, you—the discerning Cabernet lover—win.

Midnight-hued all the way to the rim, the 2018 Karo-Kann Cabernet bursts with cassis, blackberry, plum, and black cherry layered with rose petal, vanilla bean, pipe tobacco, and clove. The aromas are big and the palate is even bigger, strutting with bold Napa swagger. Gobs of beautifully ripe red and black fruit tinged with cedar and spice show exactly what it means to be a blockbuster.