Lot 447
2022 Red Hills Cabernet Sauvignon

$80/bottle under the original label

Lot 447 comes to us from a Napa house that can’t get enough of this fruit. They use it in both a single-vineyard expression and in their proprietary red blend, but a slowdown in tasting room and wine club traffic, plus an influx of ’23 fruit had them trimming programs so we got the call. We tasted through a selection of their wines, and this one blew us away.

Dynamic nose of black cherry, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, new leather, with roasted red bell peppers underpinned. Fully integrated on the palate, incredible structure, and juicy, dark red fruits are framed by good acidity and grippy, plush tannins. The wine is still a touch youthful, however, waiting to fully unfold. The finish is dry and resonant with red-to-black fruit and dried herbs that carry on with great length amidst flecks of vanilla.