2022 La Sirena Pirate TreasuRed Red Wine Napa Valley 750 ml

Drop the name Heidi Barrett to a collector, then brace for the barrage of accolades—and most likely some crushing prices.

She’s the “Queen of Cult Cabernet.” The “Wine Diva of Napa Valley.” The genius behind legendary wines from Dalla Valle and Grace Family—not to mention the record-breaking 1992 Screaming Eagle that sold at auction for half a million bucks.

No doubt about it, Heidi Barrett makes serious wines.

But cruise up Highway 29 to Calistoga and clink Zaltos with Heidi and her inner circle, and your glass will be filled with the lush and irresistible 2022 La Sirena Pirate TreasuRed. A seductive, multi-layered blend of six varietals anchored by Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, this captures Heidi’s unmistakable quality and swashbuckling spirit in one life-is-short, drink-anytime blockbuster of a bottle.

La Sirena is the Calistoga-based label that Heidi founded in 1994, and this edition of Pirate TreasuRed shows its pedigree in every opulent sip. Dark plum, sun-kissed blackberry, and dark cocoa fill the nose, wrapped in lilac, violets, cassis, and spice. Grand and seductive on the palate, dense dark fruit builds to a mountain of plush tannins that resolve in a long and memorable finish.

The 2022 vintage in Napa demanded the best from its winemakers—a smooth, sun-drenched summer followed by a brutal Labor Day heatwave that turned harvest into a sprint. In the hands of the merely talented, that’s a problem. In the hands of Heidi Barrett, one of the most legendary winemakers Napa has ever produced, it was an opportunity. The 2022 Pirate TreasuRed is the result: a wine that turned a challenging harvest into something irresistible.

Barrett has long been known as a master blender, which has served her well in her high-profile winemaking gigs. She compares the art of blending to adding layers of color to a painting—which makes perfect sense given the influence of her artist mother and winemaker father—and the six-varietal tapestry she’s woven in the 2022 Pirate TreasuRed shows that she’s on top of her game.