Mondavi’s Napa Cabernet is always one of Napa’s very best values. How couldn’t it be – with nearly half the fruit coming from Oakville’s famed To-Kalon and another big chunk from their superb Wappo Hill Vineyard in Stags Leap?
But the 2021 vintage takes it to another level.
Indeed, it’s the best ever for Decanter at 95 points:
What an easy-drinking 2021 Cabernet from this legendary Napa producer. It's a beautifully classic wine with intensely aromatic, flavour-packed fruit redolent of blueberry, black cherry, and black raspberry, tinged with smoky cedarwood. The full-bodied palate is marked by persistent tannins and a satisfying finish revealing notes of earth, river stones, dried herbs, and a firm spine of acidity—a wine to enjoy throughout a great meal. Nearly half the fruit is sourced from Oakville, with additional grapes from Stags Leap District, Oak Knoll, Yountville, and Rutherford. A blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Malbec, aged 18 months in French oak barrels.
In fact, they rate it over a ton of top 2021 Napa Cabernets that sell for literally hundreds of dollars.
