2023 KHK Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

This is our baby, and oh baby. Inhouse, we tend to refer to this as “the restaurant wine” as that’s how it all started, but it is anything but ordinary, especially in the pretty-much-perfect 2023 vintage. Do you know how good a PERFECT latte tastes the first time? How about that early-morning aromatic-just-picked blackberry breeze from the Yountville farmers market at 8am? That mouth-wateringly, heady, olfactory-piquing black truffle being shaved at your table? Roll this headiness up and infuse it with a line of zesty acidity (the ’23 has a wonderful tangy-berry attack). Wait an hour or two (while sipping it of course) and let it unfurl with Indian coffee spices, boysenberry compote and cream, then pick up that red-flowers-on-the-wind note that started you off in the first place. 20 months in 80% new Darnajou and Taransaud barrels keeps it all tightly knit, with a kickass savoriness and an overall completeness that goes far beyond its very comfortable price. How do we do it? We do it because it’s our mission (and Thomas Brown is a master). Heady, accessible 100% Cabernet for all! Drink up! But stash a few, too, it will only get better for the next 4-7 years at least!