2023 Pas de Cheval Cabernet Sauvignon Prelude Oakville Napa Valley 750 ml

Maayan Koschitzky has had a hand in some of Napa Valley's most collectible bottles—Screaming Eagle and Dalla Valle among them—and his tremendous skill has made him one of the most sought-after Cabernet craftsmen in the world.

Pas de Cheval is his ambitious Napa Valley project, and for it, he not only leveraged his connections to tap into some of the region's top sites, but he enlisted one of its finest palates as well. The result is a lineup of exquisite Cabernets, crafted by Koschitzky and Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin, that stands with any of Napa Valley's finest.

The 2023 Pas de Cheval Cabernet Sauvignon Prelude hails from a prime vineyard in Napa Valley's iconic Oakville AVA. It can be found on the list at some of the top restaurants in the world, including Napa's MICHELIN three-star The French Laundry, Mélisse in Santa Monica, and NYC's Jean-Georges.

Oakville sits at the heart of Napa Valley, a benchmark address whose neighbors—Opus One, Harlan, Screaming Eagle—read like a who's who of American Cabernet. Its gravelly, volcanic soils and afternoon breezes off the Mayacamas consistently produce Cabernets of extraordinary concentration and finesse: powerful and structured, but with a precision and sense of place that sets the best Oakville bottles apart.

The 2023 growing season was long and cool—one of Napa's most celebrated in recent memory, a patient year that rewarded growers with freshness, purity, and finely etched structure. In the Prelude, that translates to an Oakville Cabernet of real precision and poise, with the structure to reward years in the cellar.