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Parker's Greatest Vintage in 37 Years: 2013 Napa Valley Collection
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Any critic worth their salt will tell you that 2013 was a PHENOMENAL year for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Just how phenomenal? Robert Parker gave the vintage 98 points, doling out an unprecedented 19 scores reaching the 100-point summit. Antonio Galloni, Parker’s slightly stingier protégé, coughed up a record 46 reviews of 97 points or more. Wine Spectator called 2013 a “SUPERSTAR vintage,” capturing “what Napa can do at its best.” Have you heard enough? One more thing: TODAY ONLY, you get exclusive access to a collection of three choice Cabernets drawn from this incredible vintage — the “best in 37 years” to be exact — for less than the price you’d normally pay for a single bottle.
The first wine is Peter Snowden’s “The Ranch” Cabernet Sauvignon, drawn from 23 acres on the valley’s eastern slopes, between St. Helena and Rutherford — 93 points from Galloni, who called it “bold, delicious, and juicy.”
The second is Britt Nichols’ Stags Leap District Napa Valley. Nichols (formerly of Jordan, Peter Michael, and Melka) has masterfully managed the vintage’s massive concentration, combining power with elegance, muscle with delicacy, making for a wonderfully harmonious Cabernet Sauvignon.
In the anchor position is the 2013 Chad Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve SL-SH, comprised of estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon from two of the greatest names in Stags Leap and St. Helena. We can’t say who, but under the other winery’s label the same wine would be 3X the price.
Given the booming market for Napa Cabernet — long gone are the crisis years, when high-end wineries were hard-pressed to find buyers and strapped for cash — deals like today’s can’t be found anywhere but WineAccess. Why? Two reasons: 1) As one of the nation’s largest Napa buyers, we have the purchasing power to drive prices way down for top-tier AVAs like Stags Leap and St. Helena. 2) We go straight to the source, skipping importers and middlemen, along with their gratuitous price hikes. Each Cabernet in this morning’s collection comes direct from the winery, delivered to your doorstep in impeccable condition. The $90 price tag is a STEAL, to put it mildly.
Of course, allocations are always limited. Michelin-starred restaurants like The French Laundry have a way of getting what they want. After them, WineAccess has first dibs. 20 collections are up for grabs for a few hours today only. You make the call.