2022 LOLA Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml

We know a lot of people in Napa Valley. We don’t know anyone else like LOLA founder and winemaker Seth Cripe.

A high-school dropout, he trained his palate while washing dishes at one of Florida’s best restaurants. At age 17, already obsessed with wine, he saved up $1,200 and drove clear across the country to Napa and managed to score coveted jobs at classic Cabernet houses like Swanson Vineyards and Caymus. 

A contender for the hardest-working man in Napa Valley, the shaggy-haired and suntanned Cripe is also known to frequent fearsome surf breaks like Mavericks and Waimea. He’s got a reputation for a lot of things, but in the context of today’s blockbuster Napa Cab offer from LOLA, it boils down to this: 

Few American winemakers are as driven to make fantastic, masterfully crafted California wines that are as modestly priced as possible.

He achieves value by securing long-term leases on great vineyards and then doing the farming himself. It’s the kind of strategy typically pursued by big houses that can afford large staffs and capital investments. Cripe doesn’t have those deep pockets, but he does possess an indomitable work ethic, personally tending to over 85 acres along with his tight-knit team.

This showstopping 2022 LOLA release is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a single vineyard that’s in high demand among elite Napa producers. That’s why neither Cripe nor we can share the name of it, but the richness, vibrancy, and liveliness of the fruit speaks for itself in the glass.