Lot 624
2023 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Well over $300/bottle under the original label

Lot 624 is one of the most critically acclaimed wines in Napa Valley. The 2023 vintage of a legendary red from a legendary winery on Napa’s Mt. Rushmore, it’s obsessively produced by world-class winemakers from tip to tail without compromise in a cutting edge facility, using fruit grown in some of the most celebrated vineyards in the world and aged in the finest new French oak. It's an absolutely sublime Cabernet skillfully reinforced by small percentages of a Bordelaise supporting cast.

Cassis, clove, blackcurrant, and graphite define the nose, with support from baking spices, dark chocolate, and iris florals luring you ever deeper into the glass. The palate opens with black cherry and new leather wrapped around a concentrated core of dark fruit, blackberry, garden sage, and tobacco. Deftly balanced acidity and abundant velvety tannins provide impressive structure and depth. The finish remains youthful and goes for ages, with persistent dark fruits ushering in vanilla, barrel spice, and red berries. A healthy decant will do wonders if you can’t resist in the short term, but be sure to save a few – the sky’s the limit.