2021 Vineyard 36 "The Black Aces" Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

Deep garnet-purple in color, the single-varietal 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon The Black Aces races out with classic scents of cassis, plum preserves, and cedar followed by hints of lilacs and fragrant earth. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers energetic fruit matched by firm, fine-grained, and elegantly styled tannins, finishing with great length and alluring grace.

It's definitely not every day that you can combine a great Napa Valley vintage, high-end Beckstoffer GIII Vineyard fruit from Rutherford, and a winemaker with multiple 100-point wines to his name, and still sell the bottle for under $50! In fact, that pretty much never happens! But once again, we've managed to lock in some incredible pricing on The Black Aces Rutherford Cabernet. We offered this wine once before, and it was a huge hit, selling out fast. Black Aces is crafted by Keith Emerson of Vineyard 29 fame. This reserve-tier Cabernet combines predominantly Beckstoffer GIII fruit with the neighboring Renteria 360 Vineyard to produce a rocking, luxury Rutherford Cab that can stand tall alongside bottles costing $150-$200! The wine is packed with ripe, exotic, deeply concentrated fruit, with layers of baking spice, cassis, black cherry, baker's chocolate, pencil lead, and dusty stone. It's beautifully polished, with plush, palate-coating, fine-grained tannins and suave, sophisticated notes of toasty oak. There's serious depth, richness, and refinement here, yet the wine remains wonderfully approachable and downright delicious. This is a wine that smells and tastes expensive...but thanks to our Insider's Advantage pricing program, it isn't! At under $50, this is an extraordinary opportunity to enjoy some of Rutherford's most prized vineyard fruit, crafted by one of Napa's top winemakers, for a fraction of what you'd normally expect to pay. Don't miss out on this one!