The winery says:
Recently awarded 96 points by The Tasting Panel Magazine!
For our 2017 Napa Valley Napa Valley Quilt Reserve, we tasted the developing wine throughout the fermentation and aging processes, then set aside the best 2% for this reserve bottling. Our lot selection was based on intensity, complexity and boldness of expression that could withstand a longer aging cycle and heavier use of new French Oak.
Deep garnet in color. Baking spice aromas of cinnamon and clove are intertwined with dark stone fruits, blackberry pie, vanilla, white pepper and notes of oak and rose. A full-bodied palate presents layers of dark black cherry, coffee, blackberry, dark currant and notes of milky chocolate. Beautifully rounded with an unctuous velvety mouth-feel. This refined wine is a sensational expression of what a Napa Valley Cabernet represents with a long, smooth finish and fine-grained tannins
On CellarTracker, this not only beats every Quilt and Caymus Cabernet ever (back to 1973!) – aside from the legendary 1975 and 1976 Caymus Special Selections, only the 2010 and 2012 Special Selections just barely edged this out.