2015 The Mascot Red Wine Napa Valley 750 ml

Just over a decade ago, Will Harlan scored a few barrels of Cabernet from the younger vines at his family’s incomparable estates. He blended a wine to share with his friends, packaging some of the most precious Cabernet in Napa Valley in nondescript, unlabeled bottles. 

Finally, in 2008, when Will produced enough wine to eke its way outside of the inner circle, The Mascot was officially born—and it didn’t take long for it to earn status as one of the greats. It is the only wine in the world that can claim to be made by the teams behind three of Napa Valley’s most legendary Cabernets: BOND, Harlan Estate, and Promontory, and that incomparable quality shows in every sip.

Today, we're thrilled to announce that our long relationship with Will, plus our members’ reaction to our first offer, has earned us an allocation of the 2015, straight from the winery cellars. Since 2015 was a spectacular vintage of very low yields, we’re extra fortunate to have this allocation, so don’t miss this chance at one of Napa Valley’s true icons.

The Harlan family is known for some of the greatest Cabernets in the world, and what makes them magical is not groundbreaking winery technology. It’s not a proprietary blend or cutting-edge technique. It’s incomparable terroir, pure and simple—and only the family has access to it. 

The Mascot is the only wine in the world to include grapes from the BOND, Harlan, and Promontory vineyards, and there’s hardly room to describe these three sites in their glorious detail. First, of course, is Harlan Estate, situated in the hillsides of western Oakville. The vines sit on rocky slopes—from about a foot to just a few inches of soil—atop a unique geologic mix of fractured bedrock and ancient sandstone. It’s a terroir whose unparalleled quality can’t be denied—although it might never be fully understood. 

BOND consists of five small vineyard sites: the rocky Melbury vineyard, overlooking Lake Hennessey; Quella, in the volcanic ash of eastern Napa Valley; St. Eden, situated on the Oakville Crossroad, in the red rocky soils that tumbled a million years ago from Pritchard Hill; Vecina, with its 11 terraced acres in the Oakville foothills; and Pluribus, perched 1,000 feet high on Spring Mountain. With BOND, these terroirs are showcased separately; in The Mascot, these five stellar sites are woven together. 

Finally, Promontory is the endeavor taken on by the second generation of the family and winegrowing team, led by Will Harlan. An untamed piece of land forgotten in time and hidden within the heart of Napa Valley, Promontory consists of volcanic, sedimentary, and metamorphic soils spread over 500 feet of elevation. 

A sip of Cabernet expressing any one of these sites can rightly be described as the wine experience of a lifetime, and the 2015 Mascot is a majestically orchestrated masterpiece. Aromatically explosive with morning violets and stargazer lilies accenting blue and red fruit and espresso beans, the mouthfeel is muscular and seductive with inviting blackberry and mulberry layers. With beautiful depth and concentration sliding into a long finish of well-integrated tannins, it’s got the kind of magic that won us over from the start.