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2017 Teeter-Totter Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml
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As Good As it Gets: Premier Napa Cabernet Steal
“This is just about as good as it gets,” says Vinous founder Antonio Galloni of Teeter-Totter Cabernet. Today, we’ve managed to pry just 35 cases of the astounding 2017 Teeter-Totter Cabernet Sauvignon away from Benoit Touquette’s fiercely loyal mailing list, and we’re thrilled to share it directly with you—a fraction of the cost of other Touquette-minted wines, which have won a whopping nine 100-point scores from Napa authority Robert Parker.
Wine Access members have made Teeter-Totter Cabernet Sauvignon one of our best-selling wines in history, heaping on five-star reviews, with phrases like “My favorite Cabernet!” “Teeter-Totter is a sensation!” tacked on for extra oomph. If you haven’t yet tried Touquette’s wines, today is a chance to get acquainted with his 100-point, peer-reviewed style for far below the standard price
Teeter-Totter is Benoit’s passion project and the bottled version of his personal mantra: Top-notch Napa Cabernet Sauvignon doesn’t need to cost $100. His 2017 release shows the fingerprints of a master, balancing the freshness and laser-focus of Benoit’s Bordeaux roots with Napa’s signature ripeness and power.
Dark and dense, with over-the-top aromas of ripe black fruit, balanced by fantastic structure, fine tannins, and elegant balance the 2017 is a masterful expression of great Napa terroir for under $100. That value proposition is no mistake, as Benoit has always endeavored to keep Teeter-Totter’s prices grounded, and its quality through the roof. Mission accomplished.
When Benoit left his home in Bordeaux for the Cabernet epicenter of Napa, he was ready to work—and beyond long hours in the cellar, and 100-hour harvest work weeks, he positioned himself deftly alongside Andy Erickson at Ovid and Screaming Eagle, and chose a stellar mentor in Michel Rolland, the world-famous consulting winemaker whose name is on 100-pointers by Harlan, Bond, and Araujo. Benoit and Rolland remain close to this day. Can you read between the lines?
The 2017 Teeter-Totter hails from an outstanding Napa vintage, and it shows in this lavish Cabernet. This bottling will thrive in the cellar but deliver a ton of pleasure out of the gate today with its expansive, ripe fruit flavors and firm tannins. Benoit sources from some of Napa’s most desirable neighborhoods—Oakville, Calistoga, St. Helena, and even Pritchard Hill—and Teeter-Totter proudly struts its luxury Napa heritage, at nearly half the standard price. Don’t miss it.