2023 McKahn Cabernet Sauvignon Morning Glass Napa Valley 750 ml

We called Chuck McKahn to chat about his 2023 Morning Glass Cabernet—and ended up getting a huge scoop.

As soon as we got Chuck on the horn, he informed us that he’d JUST been named winemaker at Titus Vineyards two days earlier. The story was so hot that it hadn’t even hit the trades.

What more do you need to say about a winemaker than that he was hand-picked by Phil Titus—the winemaker at freaking Chappellet and the epitome of a Wine Access favorite—to run Titus’s family outfit? While Phil will certainly have a big role in the goings on at his namesake winery, as of then, Chuck was running the show. 

Just over a decade ago, Chuck, his dad Kevin, and his mom and sister Denise and Brittany (both industry vets) founded McKahn Wines. In 2014, when they founded the winery, Chuck was deep in his Chappellet tenure, which obviously made him some vineyard contacts. And by the time he made his 2023 Morning Glass, he had a Rolodex befitting a young winemaker who works at one of the finest outfits in Napa Valley. 

The 2023 vintage was a spectacular one, and Chuck saw an opportunity to score some incredible fruit to make his inaugural Napa Valley Cabernet (he was already making a Mt. Veeder bottling). He found a prime site in the south Napa Valley—one farmed by an awarded vineyard team. Chuck took advantage. 

Morning Glass—aptly named after the calm and pristine early-morning surface of a lake—is 100% Cabernet, fermented for 14 days on the skins, then aged for 18 months in French oak. The result is a stunner of a Cabernet with pedigree to burn—especially at the incredible price we scored.