2019 Quilt Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California

The 2019 Quilt Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon represents the more elevated side of Joseph Wagner’s Napa Valley Cabernet program. Wagner, a fifth-generation Napa winemaker, built Quilt around the idea of bringing together fruit from different parts of Napa Valley, creating a wine that reflects the diversity of the region rather than a single vineyard. The 2019 vintage benefited from a long, even growing season, with cool conditions early in the year followed by warm weather that allowed Cabernet Sauvignon to develop gradually while retaining freshness and structure. 

The wine is a rich, full-bodied expression of Napa Cabernet, with dark fruit, cocoa, caramel, leather and toasted hazelnut framed by polished tannins and a velvety texture. Its long finish carries hints of cardamom, dry dark chocolate and espresso, giving the wine a luxurious character without losing the structure expected from Napa Valley Cabernet. The 2019 vintage received 96 points from The Tasting Panel.