2023 "Highest Beauty" Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Highest Beauty is a selection of the best blocks on the property. Ripe dark fruit and high-impact barrels hit the palate first. I find this empty on the mid-palate, which further amplifies the intensity of hard contours that are impossible to look past. 

- Antonio Galloni (11/2025)

Such breadth, generosity and velvet in this gorgeous, remarkable wine. So nicely layered, rich, seamless and broad on the palate, offering oodles of black cherries, baked blueberries, dark chocolate and subtle baking spices. Smooth, melted tannins. A blend of cabernet sauvignon with 4% petit verdot chosen mostly from the Monastery Block of Mondavi's To Kalon Vineyard. Drink or hold. 

- Jim Gordon (04/2026)

A broad-shouldered style, with a deep well of dark currant, blackberry and black cherry preserves wrapped in notes of sweet tobacco, alder, cool loam and walnut husk. Stays dense and winey through the finish, but there’s cut and steady drive, all pulled by a deeply embedded spine of iron. Offers an admirable sense of refinement considering its heft. Best from 2028 through 2043. 

- James Molesworth (11/2026)

Bottled just three weeks ahead of my August 2025 visit, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Highest Beauty is a blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot. Hints of crushed stone and pencil shavings accent waves of redcurrants, black cherries and cassis, anchored by loamy earth and dried spices. Full-bodied, this is dense and concentrated without coming across as heavy or overdone, and the finish lingers elegantly, framed by hints of stone dust and ripe tannins. This rivals the 2021 as the best vintage of Highest Beauty to date. 

- Joe Czerwinski (10/2025)