Our Four A's Cabernet is 100% single vineyard Napa Cabernet and was aged 21 months in French Oak. The fruit is sourced from several blocks of Cabernet clones planted in the mid 90's. The soil consists mostly of clay loam, drains well and doesn't retain nutrients - which results in smaller, more concentrated clusters of fruit. This wine is a deep ruby color with soft violet hues. The beautiful aroma of blueberry, cassis and dusty chocolate is enhanced by the fine grained French oak. The underlying soft spice and briar combine with a super clean vanilla oak lift to compliment the fruit flavors. The acidity is not obvious and plays a supportive role to the berry fruit and oak. The palate is weighty and shows a supple and enjoyable mouth filling refined tannin finish. The Bordeaux nature of this wine is immediate with overtones of green pepper and spice but the Napa characteristics become apparent once the wine has been decanted. Drinkable now but should show subtleties of the fruit and terroir with aging and be ideal for cellaring.

The vineyard where our Cabernet originates is top secret — the owner is protective and proprietary. However, we'll give you a few hints. The historic vineyard was first planted by Hiram W. Crabb in 1868 and Crabb originally made his own wine from this Cabernet from 359 acres in Oakville that he called “Hermosa Vineyards.” After Crabb's death in 1899, the vineyard was sold to E.S. Churchill and Crabb's original label was maintained until Prohibition.

In 1943, most of Churchill’s acreage (335 acres) was acquired by Martin Stelling and became part of the 2,000 acres known generally as the Stelling Estate. In the same year, 89 acres of the Crabb property was acquired by Beaulieu Vineyards. Wines produced from this vineyard have a phenomenal combination of power and silkiness. This is one of the grand cru vineyards of the new world... Have you guessed the top secret vineyard? One more hint - the Romans would have called this wine and vineyard the "honestum" or "the beautiful" or "the highest."