Knockout Red that’s Truly One of a “Kind”
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2014 Kind Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Henry Brother's Ranch Howell Mountain 750 ml
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Parker’s Under-The-Radar “Prodigious Effort”
Four years ago, Robert Parker wrote: “I do not know who these people are, but they knocked it out of the park with both their reds and whites.” He was talking about Kind Cellars, one of the greatest under-the-radar finds for blockbuster Napa Valley wines, period. Drawn off the famed Henry Brothers Ranch perched at 1,900 feet, Parker called 2014 Kind Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Howell Mountain, “full-bodied, unctuously textured,” and a “prodigious effort,” in his glowing 96-point review. Lovers of rare mountain Napa Cab should not miss out on this!
In 2012, David Yorgensen, who was making wine at O’Brien at the time, had crafted his first mountain Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve was drawn off the Henry Brothers Ranch on top of Howell Mountain, not far from Dave and Wendy Yorgensen’s home. Back then we were able to score a small allocation of his limited-production Syrah. This was the first wine from Kind Cellars we offered -- and it disappeared in a matter of hours.
As of today, there’s still practically no wine. After Parker’s 95-99-point reviews hit the web, nearly every bottle of the Yorgensens’ 2012 and 2013 production was spoken for, including several cases earmarked for Thomas Keller’s French Laundry. The mailing list has blown through the 2014 Cabernets, but luckily, a few cases were set aside for Wine Access.