2013 Studio Seven Fifty Cabernet Sauvignon Criscione Vineyard St. Helena Napa Valley 750 ml

The 2013 Studio Seven Fifty Cabernet Sauvignon Criscione Vineyard is the rarest kind of wine we offer at Wine Access: A back vintage bottle that captures a dreamlike combination of precious terroir, prestigious winemaking talent, and one of the greatest Napa Valley vintages of all time—and is only available on Wine Access. 

There is not one aspect of this wine that does not boast impeccable pedigree. It was custom-crafted by 100-point Vine Hill Ranch winemaker and reigning SF Chronicle Winemaker of the Year Françoise Peschon. The grapes were grown on a secret jewel of a vineyard—planted by legend Tony Soter and tended by Grower of the Year Michael Wolf—that supplies grapes to $491 Eisele, and to a certain cult Napa wine that we can’t name, but that commands a four-digit-price. 

Up until this moment, the only place the 2013 Studio Seven Fifty Cabernet Sauvignon Criscione Vineyard has ever been poured has been at 750 Wines, the exclusive by-appointment Napa Valley wine shop run by Monica Stevens, the woman Robert M. Parker Jr. once called “the most connected person I know in Napa.” Earlier this year, we made 750 Wines a part of the Wine Access family—which means our members get 100% exclusive access to this back-vintage Cabernet. 

If we were to price this bottle—taking into account the cultish terroir, the incomparable talent, the exclusivity, and the age—we’d put it somewhere in the $400+ range. Today for Wine Access members, this exquisitely cellared, nowhere-but-here bottle costs a mere fraction of that. We invite you to claim a few for the price of one comparable Cabernet, and drink them alongside your biggest cellar showpieces. After all, that’s exactly what this is. 

It won’t take more than one sip to let you know that you’ve discovered something extremely special. Showing a dark, opaque ruby color, the nose hints at development in the cellar, along with mint, licorice, bay, and cedar. The palate is rich, with brooding dark cherries and muddled blueberries atop a layer of freshness that leads into the long finish. The tannins have smoothed out since the spectacular 98-point 2013 vintage, but the bold structure implies that this wine will fare beautifully for another decade. 

Monica Stevens founded 750 Wines with her husband David, and for the last decade, their peerless shop has been the first call for collectors seeking the rarest and most exclusive bottles in Napa Valley. It’s how she earned Parker’s “most-connected” honor. 

Monica used her connections to match winemakers and vineyards, with the aim of making wines whose pedigree would match and exceed that of the biggest labels in Napa Valley—but they’d only be available to regulars of her tiny by-appointment shop on Adams Street. In 2013, she matched the Criscione Vineyard—which is practically in her St. Helena backyard—with Françoise Peschon, who currently reigns as the SF Chronicle’s Winemaker of the Year. 

This is how it pays to be on the inside in Napa Valley. We’re thrilled to connect our Cabernet lovers with this one-of-a-kind bottle. It’s a wine that belongs with the best of the Valley.