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Technical Details
- BlendCabernet Sauvignon
- WinemakerBenoit Touquette
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationStag's Leap District, Napa Valley
- VineyardHartwell Estate
- Aging/Cooperage2 years in T5 barriques
Hartwell Cabernet Sauvignon T5 4-Pack Vertical (1 btl each of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)
DIRECT from the winery, pristine and hyper-rare to see for sale, at all. Normally this wine is exclusively sold to the Hartwell T5 club members, the highest level of their exclusive wine club. But not today!
T5 is the name of the Rolls-Royce of wine barrels, the highly-allocated, limited-edition French oak barrel from the world famous cooperage Taransaud. Filled with the very finest portion of the Hartwell Estate vineyard in Stags Leap (now REALM Cellars). Made by the same winemaker as Realm, of course, the elusive rockstar that is Benoit Touquette. We will note that this string of vintages in Napa Valley is one of the best runs in the entire history of this famous region.
Honestly, we are having a hard time deciding which wine we like the most. They each offer something unique, and they all deliver a luxurious, hedonistic experience that is the pinnacle of what Napa Valley can produce. Lastly, we’ll say this -- these wines are MASSIVE, some of the most concentrated, intense, dense, rich, and incredibly powerful Napa Cabs you have EVER tasted. Not for the shy! Check out the scores and critical raves below -- this is truly a unicorn in the wine world.
Presented as a 4-year vertical --- we have exactly 15 of these to sell (a miracle on its own!). FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!