Mission Codename The missing link
āBold strategy Cottonā
Letās see if this pays off.
Because last time we brought you this wine was on June 28, 2020. It was still $100, and we knocked about half off the price.
Not bad.
But today? Weāre going harder. Try OVER 70% OFF. Go big or go home!
That also seems to be the winemaking approach of Chris Taddei. Heās like a habitual line stepper, always pushing the limit in a quest to make big, bold, kickass wines. Like wearing camouflage Crocs with jean shorts, this Cabernet reflects a certain unique style. If you can pull it off, it just works.
This is 100% Knights Valley Cabernet, from impossibly steep hillsides at 1,500ā elevation. Link Vineyard is smack in the middle of this almost-Napa appellation. Within a stoneās throw lie prized sites tended by Beringer, Anakota, or Peter Michael. Thatās $125-$300 a bottle territory, nowhere near what you are paying for this mother of all finds. Speaking ofā¦ the owners of the precious Link Vineyard work with Luc Morlet of Peter Michael for their version, a small world indeed!
Raised in 100% new French oak for 36 months, itās just starting to come into its own. Every sip forces you to surrender all bodily autonomy. Just sit back, and enjoy the hedonistic rush of blackberry jam, dark cherry, and blueberry pie - crust, spices, and all, with lavish sweet oak wrapping it all up. Overt and bold - if thatās not your style of Cabernet, youāve been warnedā¦
For under $30?! Have we gone mad?
What the Winery Says
2018 Link Vineyard Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
- Winemaker
- Chris Taddei
- Varietal
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Vintage
- 2018
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Appellation
- Knights Valley, Sonoma County
- Vineyard
- Link (Linked) Vineyard
- Clones
- 15,(50%), 337 (50%)
- pH
- 3.82
- Residual sugar
- < 0.5 g/L
- Aging
- 40 months
- Barrels
- 100% new French oak
- Production
- 8 barrels