4th of July Sale Shop Independence Day Picks
2021 Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Agrelo Argentina

Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from an 80-year-old pergola vineyard in Agrelo, original vines still on their own roots.

Medal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphic

2021 Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Agrelo Argentina

Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from an 80-year-old pergola vineyard in Agrelo, original vines still on their own roots.

Retail $45
$29.88
/ bottle
You save $15.12
  • "Intense, Serious, With The Backbone To Age Well" ~95 Tim Atkin
  • "It's Bright and Vigorous" ~ 92 Wine Enthusiast
  • Estate Fruit From 80-Year-Old Pergola Vineyard, Original Vines And Roots
  • Hand-Harvested, Indigenous Yeast, 12 Months French Oak, Certified Sustainable
  • BHW has the Lowest Price Anywhere!
  • Free Shipping on 12 or More Bottles.
Find out more
In Stock 41 bottles remaining
FREE Ground shipping over 12+ Bottles
Satisfaction guaranteed Love every bottle or we make it right
Image of 2021 Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Agrelo Argentina 2021 Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Agrelo Argentina
$45
$29.88
/ bottle
You save $15.12

About The Wine

Mendoza's Agrelo district sits at the foot of the Andes, where alluvial clay soils and cool mountain nights produce Cabernet Sauvignon with both power and restraint — the kind of structure Napa drinkers recognize and pay double for.

Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard is estate fruit from an 80-year-old pergola vineyard in Perdriel, Lujan de Cuyo. The vines are original plantings, still on their own roots — a rarity in modern viticulture. This bottle comes from the best block of that vineyard, hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeast. Twelve months in French oak, spontaneous malolactic, 45 to 50 days of total maceration. The winemaking is patient and traditional, built for a wine that can age.

The glass shows black fruit and cherry on the nose, subtle coffee from the oak, a thread of bell pepper that's varietal signature rather than green. Wide on the palate, round tannins, good complexity, a long finish. Tim Atkin scored it 95 and called it "intense, serious, with the backbone to age well in bottle" — cellaring it through 2030. Wine Enthusiast, Vinous, and James Suckling all landed at 92.

Find out more

At A Glance

Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
Mendoza
Alcohol:
13.5%
Size:
750ml

TASTING NOTES

What's in the Glass

PAIRS WITH
Beef · Lamb · Ribeye · Ribs · Cheese

Mouthfeel & Acidity

Light Body Full Body
 
 
 
 
 
Low Acidity High Acidity
 
 
 
 
 
Soft Tannins Firm Tannins
Dry Sweet

Black and red fruit on the nose with cherry, bell pepper, and subtle hints of coffee from the barrel. Wide on the palate with good complexity and round tannins. Elegant and robust, long finish.

CRITIC REVIEWS

What the Critics Said

The Owen Cabernet Sauvignon uses grapes from a pergola-trained vineyard planted in 1933 on clay soils in Agrelo. Intense, serious and reflecting the vineyard's low yields, this displays plenty of tannin and grip, lovely cassis and bramble fruit, fine-grained, perfumed 30% new oak and the backbone to age well in bottle. 2025-30. ~95 Tim Atkin

The nose offers subtle aromas of chalk and black fruit. This Cabernet is much more generous on the palate, showing flavors of plums, blackberry and espresso. Hints of thyme and other dried herbs linger in the satisfying finish. It's bright and vigorous. ~92 Wine Enthusiast

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Single Vineyard Owen is sourced from Perdriel, Lujan de Cuyo. Aged for 12 months in oak barrels, this dark garnet wine offers currant and sweet brier notes alongside layers of pepper and oak. Dry, rich and firm on the palate, the fitted, velvety mouthfeel lingers on the ripe fruit tones. It is an intense and flavorful Cabernet Sauvignon. ~92 Vinous

Dark cherries, plums, ground spices, cedar and hints of mocha on the nose. Broad and opulent on the palate, with a medium to full body and fine textural tannins. Sleek and layered with delicious fruit. Drink or hold. ~92 James Suckling

Inviting aromatics of black olive, sanguine iron-rich soil, and sage lead to a palate of rich juicy red fruit in the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Single Vineyard Owen, one of the producer's best of the vintage's lineup. ~91 Jeb Dunnuck

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Owen's Vineyard opens with a bouquet of red fruits, asphalt and dried herbs, moving into a ripe yet silky and energetic palate. It concludes with a savory, earth-tinged finish framed with grippy, dusty tannins. ~91 Wine Advocate

THE PRODUCER

Casarena Bodega y Vinedos

Casarena Bodega y Viñedos is a boutique winery in Argentina's renowned Luján de Cuyo region, dedicated to crafting terroir-driven wines that showcase the character of Mendoza's historic vineyards.

By combining old-vine fruit from carefully selected vineyard sites with modern winemaking techniques, Casarena produces elegant, expressive wines that highlight the depth, balance, and complexity of varieties such as Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc.

Hero graphic

Related categories

Explore Big Hammer Wines

THE BHW WINE CLUBS

Most people never get access to someone who actually knows wine.

5,000+
wines tasted yearly
25 years
inside the global trade
4%
make the cut
1 of 415
Italian Wine Ambassadors worldwide
Wine pack

Founder Wine Club

  • 12 bottles per quarter, personally selected
  • Quarterly tasting notes
  • Member pricing on all single bottles
  • Priority allocation on limited releases
  • Access to the BHW member newsletter
$417 / month
You receive $500+ in wine value monthly
Join the Founder's Club
$4,999 billed once • 12-month membership • Shipping included
Wine pack

President’s Wine Club

  • Everything in Founder's Club, plus:
  • Private quarterly tasting call with Greg
  • Access to pre-release allocations
  • Comparable market value exceeding $12,000 annually
$833 / month
You receive $1000+ in wine value monthly
Join the President's Club
$9,995 billed once • 12-month membership • Shipping included
Medal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphicMedal graphic