Sinegal Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2019

We admit some jealousy here. The property where Sinegal is located is one of the most secret and utterly fairy-tale-like in all of St. Helena. If you ever have a chance, go visit! Sinegal landed on the scene in a huge way some years ago, by purchasing the old Wolf Family property and hiring Tony Biagi (Hourglass and more) and a dream team of consultants. Ryan Knoth is at the helm now, and the 2019 will quite simply blow you away. Galloni thought of it so highly, he gave it the highest score of any 2019 Napa cab under a hundred bucks!

At $79.95, this is a stellar value when you compare it to its peers. And with all the critical acclaim rolling in, this is pretty much a massive no-brainer if you love deep, powerful, layered and highly complex, opulent cabernet. There’s so much polish and pedigree here emanating from this truly special spot on the St. Helena benchland. We absolutely love its Bordeaux-like hand, perfectly integrated French oak (never heavy) and the pure harmony of the wine. WOW. PLEASE don’t miss this amazing buy…

PAIRING IDEAS: We tried something at Morimoto recently that would work wonderfully with this. They use a crazy hot stone bowl, but you can do it with cast iron. Slice flank steak or other steak thin. Have some cooked rice at the ready. Mix up some soy, mirin, sesame oil, Japanese cooking wine, sugar and a bit of Worcestershire. Get the pan screaming hot, slap the slices in on the side of the pan, rice in the middle. When it's seared to your liking, turn off heat, pour sauce, mix and eat!

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS: Got kids? Whatever you do, don’t put on “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto. You’ll hear it for the next 6 weeks!