Only one other store (also in NC) even has any of this spectacular Cabernet – and at a higher price (on sale from $195). And they only have a single bottle of it.
Which I guess means we have 24 times as much as any other store, or for that matter the entire rest of the market!
Vinous rates it the best Meteor Cabernet ever (along with the $700 2016 Family Reserve!). They say:
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Perseid from Meteor Vineyard is heady and explosive right out of the glass. A rich concoction of raspberry jam, spice, mocha, dried flowers, menthol and licorice blasts out of the glass. Deep, unctuous and full-bodied, the Perseid is just stunning in its beauty. It is also one of Napa Valley's under the radar gems. I don't hear much about the Meteor Cabernets, which is a real shame. The 2018 Perseid is a total stunner. Don't miss it.
(Though they really should say: “Get your butt on down to Westgate pronto and buy it now…or you really will miss out on it!)
Britain’s Decanter Magazine loved it, too – and really got that it’s the rich, dark fruit on a sophisticated frame that makes this (like the Prime) so special:
Meteor has been a top Coombsville source since its planting in 1999. Typical of this appellation, Perseid is massively blue and purple on the nose in terms of both flowers and fruit. There is an intense core of graphite that stitches the nose, palate and finish together. Intense and determined throughout, ending on a long, charred, gravely note.
Which of course could also perfectly describe a really top vintage of Mouton-Rothschild. And indeed, the Vinous Bordeaux reviewer, Neal Martin, rates this equal to the 2018 Mouton! (Though that one sells for over $1300.)
