lmost all of Brown’s brilliant Calistoga Cabernet (the hill it’s grown on was Robert Louis Steven’s path entering Napa, and “The Grade” is from a Stevenson quote) is sold via the winery mailing list. Only two other stores even have this top-rated 2015: one in California (two bottles) at $110 and one in DC (five bottles) at $150.
We bought all 30 bottles our supplier got and can offer them for only $99.99.
Dunnuck, at 96+, rates it the best The Grade ever:
Sporting a deep ruby/purple color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Winfield Vineyard comes from three separate blocks (block 1, 4, and 5) and was raised in 60% new French oak. It’s another layered, ripe, sexy, and seamless wine from winemaker Thomas Brown that boasts loads of blueberry, graphite and white chocolate aromatics, full-bodied, richness, no hard edges, and remarkable purity of fruit. Despite showing great today, I suspect this beauty will be even better with 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for 15+ years.
Extraordinary.