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Calling all Cab lovers! This lot is for you. Well, this Jarvis Lake William blend isn't a Cab actually, but it sure drinks like one. These are three beautiful wines and definitely must-haves to age in your cellar or to enjoy now.

Jarvis 2016 Lake William Red Blend, 750mL - 1 Bottle

Considered a "fortunate accident," William Jarvis during midnight pump-overs accidentally pumped a third of a tank of Cabernet Franc into a tank of Cabernet Sauvignon. While the experience was worrisome, following fermentation Founding Winemaker Dimitri Tchelistcheff said: "this new blend turned out pretty good." And, it kept getting better with age! It was enjoyed so much in the tasting room that the blend became a staple ‘reserve blend’ at Jarvis.

The 2016 Lake William reflects the totality of its provenance and the promise our founder first saw when walking the property. Each facet combines to provide a harmonic balance of freshness and energy. Deep impactful color and oral on the nose, elegant black fruit, smoke and wet stone are delicately woven alongside a sophisticated acidity across the palate. The density of fruit provides generous weight that leads to balanced tannin and a distinguished, vibrant finish.

Name of Winery: Jarvis Estate

Bottle Size: 750ml

Number of Bottles: One

Vintage: 2016

Varietal: 41% Cabernet Sauvinon, 38% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

Appellation: Napa Valley

Jarvis wines are all produced from estate vineyards, located high above the city of Napa, in the beautifully rugged mountains between Mt. George and Milliken Canyon at the southeastern end of the Napa Valley. The vineyards are planted in gently sloping meadows one thousand feet above the valley floor. As the cool maritime air passes over the Carneros flats and begins flowing into the valley, it falls about seven degrees in temperature for the thousand feet of vertical rise. As such, our vineyards tend to be cooler by several degrees than the famous Carneros region! These cooler temperatures allow a long “hang time,” which permits a long, slow fruit maturation for maximum flavor and concentration at harvest. 

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Pott Wines 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 750mL - 1 Bottle

The 2019 is singing with life and achieves perfect balance. Plum, toffee, cherry, sage, honey comb and roast beef, finishing with very tight grained tannin toffee, vanilla, coffee, black cherry, plum and dark chocolate lingering and fading in the end.

Name of Winery: Aaron & Claire Pott and Daughters

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation: Napa Valley

Eminent Napa winemaker, Aaron Pott, began his passion project known as Pott Wines after around 25 years of professional experience in the industry. The focus is on hand crafted wines sourced from vineyard sites all over Napa, including Pott’s 1/3 acre vineyard on Mt. Veeder which he self-titled, “Chateauneuf du Pott.” With his vineyard expertise and connections throughout wine regions across the world, Pott Wines express the wonderful eccentricities of the time and place of grapes and their terroir.  

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Swanson - 2019 Salon Select Alexis Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 750mL - 1 Bottle

A pure cassis core lives at the center of this powerful Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine pours a dense deep purple in the glass, and as it does it gives up aromas of ripe plum, cassia bark and dark cherry. The tannins are bold and sumptuous, running throughout the wine and lasting on the palate many moments after the last sip. The palate flavors are dark fruits, slight wet clay note, some espresso bean and a touch of dark chocolate. All this is held together within a firm acidity, retaining freshness and structure.

Name of Winery: Swanson Vineyards

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation: Napa Valley

Swanson has long been producing limited production, tiny batch wines made from intriguing varietals. It is with our winemakers’ mindset that we strive to produce wines with marked elegance and finesse with minimalist winemaking intervention. With careful consideration of varieties of rootstock, clones, spacing and trellis systems, our challenge and endeavor is to ensure that all the potential of our vineyards is captured and reflected in our wines.

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